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A review by katiescho741
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
2.0
This book was okay. The premise of a balance between Light and Dark and how it's managed was interesting, but the touble is that a truce between the two factions means that not much can actually happen. There was a lot about rules and regulations.
I liked the way the story was told in three seperated "stories". So the author could focus on the events rather than getting between the events.
I found Anton to be a bit bumbling...he just seemed to find himself in the middle of events and then usually someone else had to get him out of it. I guess it's mixing things up a bit to not have a fantasy novel from the POV of the super powerful young guy, but I found Anton slightly boring to be honest. Plus his catchphrase seemed to be "I'm not a field agent!", while he worked in the field. Olga seemed very interesting but she doesn't get as much page time as I was expecting.
I liked the twist on the normal vampire/wizard type books, but this book wasn't for me.
I liked the way the story was told in three seperated "stories". So the author could focus on the events rather than getting between the events.
I found Anton to be a bit bumbling...he just seemed to find himself in the middle of events and then usually someone else had to get him out of it. I guess it's mixing things up a bit to not have a fantasy novel from the POV of the super powerful young guy, but I found Anton slightly boring to be honest. Plus his catchphrase seemed to be "I'm not a field agent!", while he worked in the field. Olga seemed very interesting but she doesn't get as much page time as I was expecting.
I liked the twist on the normal vampire/wizard type books, but this book wasn't for me.