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A review by everlaerian
The Return of the Black Company by Glen Cook
4.0
What can I say about my latest read from the chronicles of the Black Company? Bleak Seasons was a bit difficult to read at first, where honestly a second re-read would be beneficial to grasp Murgen's narration. The back and forth between past, present and future was taxing, confusing where I found myself re-reading sentences or going back a few pages searching for sentences and events that collaborated the story told. Murgen's annals felt much more personal that Croaker's as Murgen recorded more of his personal experiences and thoughts and much less of the company's exploits yet. The tone is set more in despair and quite mysterious.
She is the Darkness showed the evolution of Murgen's writing after Bleak Seasons. His writing although still personal and still more centered around him shows a more cynical side (due to Croaker's agenda and secretive tactics throughout the book and of those around him) as well as his emotional heartbreak from Sahra's death in Bleak Seasons. Soulcatcher remains a threat along side the weakened and disillusioned Shadowmaster, the Daughter of Night and the looming betrayal of the Rashida and her brother. This all comes to a well ridden and easily foreseeable conclusion that was left off with a good 'cliffhanger'.
She is the Darkness showed the evolution of Murgen's writing after Bleak Seasons. His writing although still personal and still more centered around him shows a more cynical side (due to Croaker's agenda and secretive tactics throughout the book and of those around him) as well as his emotional heartbreak from Sahra's death in Bleak Seasons. Soulcatcher remains a threat along side the weakened and disillusioned Shadowmaster, the Daughter of Night and the looming betrayal of the Rashida and her brother. This all comes to a well ridden and easily foreseeable conclusion that was left off with a good 'cliffhanger'.