Day Watch (Watch #2)

Posted on 23 January 2017 by Sergei Lukyanenko

The second in a blockbuster series of novels from Russia s most popular science fiction author, Day Watch brings us back into the hyperimaginative world of Sergei Lukyanenko and continues the dramatic battle between good and evil, light and dark, day and night.Set in a modern day Moscow, the epic saga chronicles the eternal war of the Others, an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who must swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light The agents of Dark The Day Watch keep an eye during the day, while the agents of Light keep watch over the night For a thousand years a treaty between the two sides has maintained an uneasy balance, but when a very potent artifact is stolen from the inquisition an impartial group of Others who keep watch over all the consequences are dire for both sides.Day Watch introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, as it is told in part by a beautiful but troubled young witch When she falls in love with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death must be avenged Replete with the thrilling action and intricate plotting of the first tale, Day Watch is fuelled by cunning, cruelty, violence, and magic It is a fast paced, darkly humorous, haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live there forever Description from the back cover of trade paperback edition Read Day Watch (Watch #2) author Sergei Lukyanenko – kino-fada.fr 2014 The reasons why I will never read another one of Lukyanenko s books are at the bottom of this review 2013 Unless you happen to be a chessmaster in the neverending chess game of life, you are nothing but a pawn to be sacrificed when the strategy demands itThe game is eternal only the time the figures spend on the checkered board is finiteIt really doesn t matter which side in the war you belong to because each will sacrifice its expendable pawns in the pursuit o 2014 The reasons why I will never read another one of Lukyanenko s books are at the bottom of this review 2013 Unless you happen to be a chessmaster in the neverending chess game of life, you are nothing but a pawn to be sacrificed when the strategy demands itThe game is eternal only the time the figures spend on the checkered board is finiteIt really doesn t matter which side in the war you belong to because each will sacrifice its expendable pawns in the pursuit of victory And no pawn is ever safe because, regardless of your rank among the minions, you are still nothingthan a piece to be moved and manipulatedAnd really, all our aspirations and speeches are meaningless We are marionettes Nothingthan marionettes Trying to become a puppet master is a hopeless feat since you need special abilities like Geser s or Zavulon s, and those abilities are exceedingly rare And all the seats at the chessboards are already taken No chessmaster will allow his place to be taken by a chess piece, even ...Nightwatch was told in the voice of just one of the Light ones, Anton This book continues the story, weaving in threads from the previous book while creating a whole nother cluster fuck for the characters involved It is brilliant It is also in three parts, but this time each part is told by a different Dark One The first part is told by a love struck witch called Alisa Honestly, the author did an amazing job, but I wasn t sure I could stand a whole book about her Luckily it is the perfect Nightwatch was told in the voice of just one of the Light ones, Anton This book continues the story, weaving in threads from the previous book while creating a whole nother cluster fuck for the characters involved It is brilliant It is also in three parts, but this time each part is told by a different Dark One The first part is told by a love struck witch called Alisa Honestly, the author did an amazing job, but I wasn t sure I could stand a whole book about her Luckily it is the perfect amount I even began to pity her myself Kristin, I think you d really like her part ...I found this book of the Watch series really hard to get into.I suppose because Lukyanenko s morose and realistic writing was great for Night Watch but was totally depressing and frustrating in Day Watch There s only so much human weakness, moral reasoning and realistically bad endings I can take, okay I m a natural optimist It gets to me Ah Much better It was still well written The characters were still great Lukyanenko is still absolutely brilliant Sometimes though, I want to live in dr I found this book of the Watch series really hard to get into.I suppose because Lukyanenko s morose and realistic writing was great for Night Watch but was totally depressing and frustrating in Day Watch There s only so much human weakne...3.5 starslk kitaptaki kaos dolu diyaloglar devam ediyor ama biraz iyile me var Bu da anla labillik a s ndan ok daha kolay bir yk zinciri olu turmu Bu sefer d nyadan zevk almaya al an, nce ben diyen grup olan Karanl k Varl k lar n bak ndan anlat lan bir roman var lk hikayede bizim aptal ama gittik e zekile en Ayd nl k Varl k olan karakterimizi g rmeyince afallad m Fakat ilerledik e G nd z N beti nin hikayesi Gece N beti ne ba lama i ini ok iyi kotarm Entrikan n, kaosun, a...Second book in the series, featuring the ongoing struggle between the dark and the light Like the first book, it is told in a series of three interwoven stories, but the changing narrative styles are somewhat hard to follow Much of the book describes the battle between these forces, and the two organizations established to monitor their actions The Night Watch, which is staffed by Light Magicians virtuous , and the Day Watch, which is staffed by Dark Magicians freedom loving libertarian Second book in the series, featuring the ongoing struggle between the dark and the light Like the first book, it is told in a series...Another three stories, following on from the events of The Night Watch, which had resolved matters quite nicely, thank you There was a time when this series would have been published as a nanology not a trilogy The Nightwatch had a somewhat unsettling habit of switching from the first person perspective of Anton, Nightwatch Agent, to a third person perspective whenever the author felt the need to d...The first two parts of this were exciting and full of mysteries and 5 star stories The last part was a mostly dry, russian, introspective, courtroom slog that seriously dinged my enjoyment I loved the two characters in the first two parts, I was constantly engaged in where they were going and how it related to the overall story They both had depth and although Lukyanenko clearly loves characters living inside their own heads, the first two were minimized enough to add to the story instead of The first two parts of this were exciting and full of mysteries and 5 star stories The last part was a mostly dry, russian, introspective, courtroom slog that seriously dinged my enjoyment I loved the two characters in the first two parts, I was constantly engaged in where they were going and how it related to the overall story They both had depth and although Lukyanenko clearly loves characters living inside their own heads, the first two were minimized enough to add to the story instead of weigh it down The last piece to the overall book felt like an overly complicated courtroom drama without the drama The pieces I did like were the vodka drinking se... Continuing my rereading of the series and it is proving a satisfying experience, which is always the test of a good book for me The first time through one is taken up in the excitement of the storyline unfolding The second time around when one isrelaxed and looking around the neighborhood so to speak is when a story shows staying power or the lack thereof.My original review is below. Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you these are unpleasant f Continuing my rereading of the series and it is proving a satisfying experience, which is always the test of a good book for me The first time through one is taken up in the excitement of the storyline unfolding The second time around when one isrelaxed and looking around the neighborhood so to speak is when a story shows staying power or the lack thereof.My original review is below. Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you these are unpleasant feelings But they are precisely the things that produce genuine Dark Ones.As with the previous book in the series, The Night Watch, this is comprised of three stories Unlike the previous book, this is told from the Dark Ones point of view and by three different protagonists Intriguingly, it begins with...Please Note Read and reviewed in 2007.My Synopsis In this, the 2nd book of the Others series, we are again treated to three separate, yet intertwining stories first, the young Dark witch Alisa loses her powers in a struggle over an illegally practicing Dark witch and is sent to Artek the most elite of the camps for the Young Pioneers during the Soviet era to regain her strength There she falls in love with another of the camp leaders In the second story, a Finnish group of the Dark On Please Note Read and reviewed in 2007.My Synopsis In this, the 2nd book of the Others series, we are again treated to three separate, yet intertwining stories first, the young Dark witch Alisa loses her powers in a struggle over an illegally practicing Dark witch and is sent to Artek the most elite of the camps for the Young Pioneers during the Soviet era to regain her strength There she falls in love with another of the camp leaders In the second story, a Finnish group of the Dark Ones called the Brothers of Regin steal the mystical Talon of Fafnir and attempt to bring it to Moscow Vitaly Rogoza, an Other who seems to have lost his memory and is gradually gaining it back, along with stronger and stronger powers, gets in the line of several murders, causing the Light Others to attack him There is not muchI can tell about this story without completely ruining it you will simply have to read it...

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23 January 2017

Sergei Lukyanenko