The Way of Shadows

I don't understand this book. Is it a YA? Is it grim dark? Is it YA with bad language?
Also that rape scene at the beginning of the book was so random and unneeded for the story.
Another issue I have isn't necessarily Weeks' fault and more my personal taste but I don't like books where the main character is a terrible person. Like Mark Lawrence's books!
I want a character who is a good person who when faced with a hard decision he rises above it to do the right thing whether he suffers negative consequences or not. There wasn't a single person in this book that I liked except maybe Logan.

I will say that there are some twists that I enjoyed. Overall I did not like this book except for a couple chapters but he show's enough potential to make me give his other series a shot.

If you want a good assassin book, read Robin Hobb!