![]() The entire book is like an extra-long version of Arya Stark's journey to Bravos and initiation at the House of Black and White. The acolytes and teachers kill and maim each other with abandon and the murder and torture scenes go on forever, read with a breathless, halting quality that I suppose is meant to be poetic but just made me yell at my iPhone. At the end, we're no closer to understanding why a bunch of assassins who worship the goddess of death should be considered the good guys. I knew about halfway through that I hated this book, but since I'd already devoted 10-plus hours to it, I decided to keep going. They also were not needed and were usually really, really distracting. One more pet peeve: There were a lot of tangents and backstories, little side tales to explain a hand gesture or name. I also would have liked to read book #2 when it comes out. Total bummer because it's well written otherwise and I would have liked to recommend it. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's all spelled out with excruciating detail. It's OK to leave a little mystery for the reader and allow them to use their imagination. ![]() I feel like he could have done a PG-13 version and it would've been fine. So, why a 3 rating? I was really disappointed by the author's seeming obsession with sex, lust, body parts (nether regions mostly) and bad language. Great story but I find it hard to recommend ![]()
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