

As a guild rat, he’s grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly – and to take risks. My thought upon completing the novel: “Fuuucckkk!! I need to read that shit again!”įor Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city’s most accomplished artist.įor Azoth, survival is precarious. Luckily the pace picks up after a few pages in, and I became so hooked that I sped through the book. I could handle it, but I wasn’t in the mood for that sort of novel. It’s dark and its grittiness smacks you in the face as soon as you start reading. My plan was to read Nicholas Eames’s Kings of the Wyld, but since that novel isn’t exactly a 500+ page tome (It’s over 400 pages and reaches 500 because of the extra stuff in the back), I decided to read something on my e-reader - this, The Way of Shadows. Well, the Tome Topple Readathon was held last month and I decided to participate though I doubted I’d do well. You’re probably wondering why I decided to read this novel or not. (If you were wondering who my favorite character in this book is, well, you know now.) Durzo Blint! 😀 (I don’t think he would approve of all these emoticons.) Whenever I mention it to others, I babble and gush and hardly make sense because all I’m thinking is “DURZO BLINT! DURZO BLINT! DURZO BLINT!!!” 😆


Here’s another novel that’s difficult to review.
