Shadow's Edge [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Night Angel Trilogy, Book 2

De: Brent Weeks

Narrado por: full cast

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession.

But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: Will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit?

Narrated by: Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Ken Jackson, Laura Quinn, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Thomas Penny, Tim Getman, Yazmin Tuazon, MB Van Dorn.

©2008 Brent Weeks (P)2021 GraphicAudio

Great Story but.....

I'm not going to lie, I liked the story, but there was way too much emphasis on essentially what I would call suffering and/or injury sound effects be it for personal duels or full-on battles, and the way the sound effects were handled made it very jarring at times. Not to mention this guy's writing style.... I'm struggling on whether or not I'm going to actually bother finishing this trilogy. getting a little tired of bittersweet endings, and to quote basically every main Star Wars character: I've got a bad feeling about this.

Great Sequel, Too Many SFX

This story really expanded upon the first nicely. Plenty of clever dialogue to keep me interested, and there were pivotal moments that stirred my emotions unexpectedly.

The dramatized performance is sooo much better than the regular audiobook, and not missing much (if any?) of the original text. Also, here everybody pronounces Kylar the same way (Ky-ler, which is correct IMO), unlike the regular audiobook narrator calling him KY-LARR, which actually annoyed me so much I returned it. I was happy to find this wonderfully dramatized version.

The only thing that repeatedly got on my nerves was the very loud, overbearing sfx of bloody action and fight scenes. It’s just too much and goes on for way too long nearly every time. I GET IT! Lots of people are dying horribly! I don’t need to hear EVERY fucking agonizing scream or EVERY body being ripped to pieces. It’s laughable how long some of those scenes go on, and it really took me out of the story at times instead of hooking me in. The narrators are great, but I’d cut the sfx sequences in half and drop them by about 2 decibels for better enjoyment. Skipped through quite a few of those.

I ultimately enjoyed this book quite a lot, and I’m looking forward to the 3rd dramatization.

One of them

The journey he takes you on you never want to leave. He weaves this tale of so fluently I can’t wait to get to the final book.

Siiiiiic

Literally the most fun I’ve had listen to hundreds of titles. Brent weeks kills and so does these graphic production guys. Wooo!!!

jaw dropping

I'm attuned by this book, twists and turns I never expected. I very much enjoy this series. Enough darkness to appease and disgust and heroism to conquer all. Can't wait to finish the series.

Much improvement over book 1

Pacing is much better and several reasonably timed plots to help continue the series. Looking forward to listening to the next book

I'm not a fan of the dramatized adaptation

I love the books. I like the regular audiobooks better. I love and recommend the series.

Mature, but engaging

Great production if your a fan of dramatic audio books. Plot is generally good, lots of decent twists as well. The only thing that could be a potential issue for some is the mature themes of the book. The world they live in is full of rape, torture, and pretty much all forms of other horrendous acts including child murder. Honestly it’s a bit overbearing at times, especially with the dramatic audio, but is justifiable as it serves a purpose in the world building for the story. There are some “sex scenes” as well that I don’t really mind since they do further the plot. If you don’t mind the contents stated above I strongly recommend. Definitely not for children if that wasn’t obvious already.

Wow Cliff hanging.

I find myself at the edge of my chair the whole entire time while breeding this book

kekwari

So many things were quite needless (examples being the actions of the protagonist and female leads) honestly sometimes only the sideline plots kept me going, still a good listen. I can not stand the ads, I'll never read those other books ever