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  <title><![CDATA[The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art - and he is the city's most accomplished artist.  &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;For Kylar Stern, just surviving is a struggle. As a guild rat, he's learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But to be accepted, he must turn his back on everything he has ever known.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">10</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brent Weeks]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 06 13:52:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 31 14:27:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Azoth is a &quot;guild rat&quot;, a street urchin and orphan, and a member of a group of guild rats tyrannised over by Rat, a cruel older boy. Azoth and his best friend Jarl look after a mute little girl, Doll Girl, but Azoth dreams of being something more, doing something else, and above all, getti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34673104">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 19:49:11 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 31 19:35:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 01 19:49:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I had trouble with this book. The gaps in the beginning of the story were frustrating. Parts of the story were left out, glossed over or trivialized by the characters.  Once I got through the first few chapters it didn't happen, so I thought I was okay. As I got towards the end of the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31690194">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39670697">
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 09 04:47:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 09 04:59:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I knew I was not going to like this book, but had to at least try it, since my son passed it along and he was feeding me Thanksgiving dinner. After all, I'm a peace activist; how I possibly like a book in which the protagonist is an assassin, a professional, at that. Of course we meet him as a boy g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39670697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35288155">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 14 10:51:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 14 12:12:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm biased. Let's get that out of the way up front. In fact, Brent and I were in each other's weddings. I read (and enjoyed) an early draft of the book before he'd gotten an agent or publisher. So of course I was elated to be able to go down to Borders and support my friend by buying his book.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35288155">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44331711">
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 25 16:44:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 26 17:10:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So this book was a pleasant surprise! I left for New York and had only packed one book, thinking I wouldn't be able to read the entire book on my trip...oops. So I had to run to the bookstore to pick out another book to read. The bookstore closed in five minuets and I quickly grabbed the book becaus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44331711">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47458434">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 23:07:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 09 23:40:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book doesn't start very strong. I had a hard time following the book just for the glossed over plot and the mismanaged use of words of which the author doesn't explain the meaning to until about halfway through the book. That is when the book started to pick up and be good, the middle.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47458434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45855892">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 09 13:53:02 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 12 12:30:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't expect this book to be as well-written as it was! The characters were compelling and three-dimensional. There was a range of characters that satisfies, as well. While the villains were Villains with a capital V, the heroes weren't exactly <em>Heroes</em>, so I didn't mind the lack of time getting in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45855892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41633939">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not impressed. Very much not.<br/><br/>It wasn't awful, mind; it was full of things happening, and the world would have been more interesting if more thoroughly drawn; as it was, it sacrificed plausibility for &quot;grit,&quot; to my mind- not to mention taking for granted some fairly appalling as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41633939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34278835">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 02 06:19:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I liked it a lot and it hooked me so much that I stayed way too late one night to finish it.<br/><br/> It is one of the best epic fantasy debuts of the year on par with Empire in Black and Gold.<br/><br/> The series continues at the end of October and then November so we will see if the author ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34278835">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53231632">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 19 10:38:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book, although it didn't tread the newest ground ever, the characters were interesting and the plot held my attention.  I think the only thing lacking was the world building, it was confusing and I found it hard to really get a grasp on everything that was happening politically.  BUT I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53231632">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41172763">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tend to buy books in clumps, and YESTERDAY I bought this series of 600+ page each monsters, and I finished the first book, this book.  At my reading speed, that means that it took up about 8 hours of my life.<br/><br/>And I am sooooo glad I did.<br/><br/>This book examines human character very...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41172763">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42635100">
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt this book was muddled a bit in both terminology and in the romance of a trilogy.  It's not at all free standing, it's slow moving, and there were entirely too many names mentioned once and then abandoned.<br/><br/>I didn't like either of the main characters as both of them were entirely too...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42635100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50423398">
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 25 12:13:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In &quot;The Way of the Shadow&quot; we are introduced to the two primary characters of the Night Angel series by Brent Weeks; Azoth and Durzo. Durzo is a wetbot, sort of like an assassin but better because wetboys have the use of the Talent (magic). <br/><br/>Azoth is a young boy without much hope ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50423398">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48223097">
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 04 11:14:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am giving the book a 3 based on the potential of the story.  Would have been 2 stars for the actual book.  Weeks clearly is influence by G. R.R. Martin as seen by mulitude of chapters and many POV's.  Story is of abused child mentored to be a &quot;wet boy&quot;(killer) who develops magical powers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48223097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45825522">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 09 08:53:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 09:06:58 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very interested in reading this book.  Over Christmas, I knew I'd have some time to read, so I wanted to get a new fantasy series.  I have to admit to being disappointed.  I don't mind stories of assasins and killers.  I have read many and have enjoyed a lot.  My problem came from not really r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45825522">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39089120">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of a trilogy, which meant a great deal of stage-setting.  From the first book, I expect the series will be very dark, highly political, and broadly epic.  It is a book of many plot threads, and a *lot* of important characters-- I can tell George R. R. Martin is one of his inspirati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39089120">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 03 14:34:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 03 14:45:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was introduced to this author and series by my youngest dd. Not only is it an addictive book, but the series itself has wrapped itself around my imagination and refuses to let go. <br/><br/>In the <em>Author Interview</em> Brent Weeks discussed the conflicted character and this is definitely a big part o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73334095">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 14:50:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 14:50:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't read a lot of epic fantasy because the books are so darn long, but the husband assured me Brent Weeks' Night Angels trilogy was great, so I read the first book, THE WAY OF SHADOWS. It wasn't just great, it was brilliant. Really, really brilliant. There were twists and turns, deaths around ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73236165">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 25 11:44:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 25 11:44:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Brent Weeks novel. I'm not sure it was the best introduction to his work. It was a decent plot overall, with plenty of twists and turns. But before I go into more detail, the book was too slow. <br/><br/>Brent Weeks takes us to a place where life is dark, dreary, and deadly. Our ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57265969">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 06 20:34:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 06 20:34:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes I get books to review that I know I'll love before I even get started. I suppose certain story-lines appeal to me and for some reason I find fiction that features assassins to be really intriguing. I had seen the Night Angel series by Brent Weeks featured on Orbit's homepage and I knew I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55219931">more...</a>]]></body>
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