Skylar Phelps's Reviews > Beyond the Shadows

** spoiler alert ** I finally got around to reading Brent Weeks. This is my first series of his and I'm glad I jumped on board. The Night Angel trilogy is complex and very intricate and in my opinion the intricacy and complexity of the series as a whole is the best part about it. The plot continuously twists and morphs giving the reader a sense of constant emotion and concern for the characters.

However, the characters are not as good as I would like. Some of the character decisions were hard for me to understand or make any sense of and I felt some definite motivation issues for some of the main characters. But I was able to overlook most of these things because the plot is just so darn good.

In this last installment, there were some really cool twists and revelations, as well as a more epic scope which made the whole thing very enjoyable and I noticed that there were fewer filler chapters and less rambling.

There were however several details and events that I thought were poorly done and I felt had no place. Like Durzo flying? Really...? And Logan shooting a dragon out his arm because he got magical snake goop on it? Yeah some things were a bit farfetched for me to accept, even in a fantasy. Maybe if there had been more foreshadowing or additional explanation. Maybe.

But again, the weaving story and awesome moments are the trilogy's saving grace. I can't rate it lower than 4 stars because ultimately I liked it and it was a satisfying read.