The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

4 hours ago dazk said:

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15 hours ago Energizer Bunny 211 said:

I'm about 200+ pages into the second book, which I"ve read four times previously in the past decade-- I have not read the novella The Perfect Shadow because it's super expensive up here in the Great White North because it is only available in hardcover. Yet it is only 150 pages, quite small. It's 35.00 dollars, which is expensive considering it's size. But the other 3 are very good and what makes them so good isn't necessarily the action or magic or settings....for me it is the characters. And yes, Durzo had a horrible life....But he was a cactus.



My favourite character is Momma K because she plays the duel roles, lives in two worlds so effortlessly. She's this beautiful courtesan and wealthy owner of the city's most ritzy brothels....but she's also the secret leader of the criminal underground 'mafia'/network of spies if you want to call them that. And she's so good at that part of her job, she's been doing it from the shadows for 20 years without anyone noticing. How someone can live in two worlds like that and yet still retain their 'humanity' is I think, written very well.

I think most of the characters are really well written, I just wish there were fewer of them for me to keep track of!!!!!



Momma K is great, Viridana is great and I think Uly and Kylar are good even (just waiting for them to be developed more) though Kylar seems like a bit of an immature idiot ATM and I also really like Ariel who has a really long name that DazK can't remember all of ATM.



Ken to find out who the "Wolf" is but I have a good idea who I think it is.



Curious Dazk, who do you think The Wolf is??? And yes, I really like Vi, too. (For reasons I won't spoil), next to Momma K and Kylar, of course, Vi is a favourite character of mine.



There's a detailed Wiki on it. I had to skim to read about characters and all the Ka'kari when I started the first book for the first time; so much was happening and they introduced so many new characters it made my brain hurt. So I breezed over the Wiki just to read up on 'who's who' (ie Momma K).....But if you are going to do this, don't read too much or spend too much time on reading it, because it can and does give away some major plot details.

Yes, The Wolf is Ezra The Mad, and that's right he created the Dark Hunter's Forest (and inadvertently the Dark Hunter himself)

No! No! NO! You're not doing it right! You're not supposed to die three times in as many weeks-you're actually supposed to take your time in dying- oh, and I forgot to let you in on a little secret about dying..... Whoopsie. SSSsssshhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! It's a secret.  That I'll get to once you've died a few more times.  Or when the world is ending. Or when neither of us have a choice, which ever comes first.

I liked the love that Kylar (Azoth) had for his doll girl..,

Yeah that was pretty touching, all of Vi's growth was well done and enjoyable.

With Elene did I miss it or did they not say how she actually got to Khali? I have been reading the book late at night and wondered if I just forgot it but if not that was a slightly implausible part of the book.