Perfect Shadow

In my opinion, this isn't really a story. The author gives us a few paragraphs, describing a vignette in the guy's life. These scenes jump back and forth in time, giving us little snippets of how the character came to be who he is. Eventually the reader picks up enough details about the character, the world, and the way magic works to (hopefully) want to read the trilogy.

4/5

A quick read to begin 2019 and to conclude my experience of rereading the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. I adored book one of the trilogy and fund the rest of the series to be massive disappointments.

This novella was no different. The author tried out a jerkier writing style that skipped between scenes more often and I really found that in this case it reduced my enjoyment of the writing. I have to acknowledge that Weeks' technical writing style usually works very well for me and it's often the content of his books that spoil the experience for me. In this novella, I found too much plot was packed into small nuggets of story without being fully immersive.

I wish it had been a full standalone novel.