Een interessante invulling van het urban fantasy genre.

Verhaal was net als bij eerste deel ok. Nogal gedateerd.

Nederlandse vertaling: niet altijd al te best.

A continuation of the battle of Light vs Dark, this time mainly seen through the eyes of Day Watch members. Still in the style of 3 stories with their share of philosophical questions. Also, just like the first book, you don't know what the main plot line or goal is till the very end. It is interesting seeing the world from a Dark perspective and puts a different twist on the world Sergei developed. The story is good, with the writing/translation being much better than the first book.

sadly, this second installment was far less engaging than the first. the story got overcomplicated, involving politics to which the reader is never quite privy, and although the translation did a good job with the descriptive text, the narrative was frustrating to follow.

This is the second book in the Night Watch Series. It is also good but suddenly there is a sex scene. It made me mad. This one is told from an witch's point of view from the side of evil. Makes you wonder what evil truly is.

Под конец мне надоело

Some quite racist descriptors in this book.

These books are so good! Too bad they're not so well known as they deserve

And I also have an issue with the comments on the cover of my edition. And the Goodreads cover here.

Why the FUCK is this compared to Harry Potter? Don't get me wrong, I fucking love Harry Potter. In the "I'm getting a HP tattoo soon" kind of way. But why why why on earth is this "Harry Potter Russian style"? It's not! It's not even in the same area of fantsy FCOL D:

Just look at this shit:


"JK Rowling Russian style"

"Jim Butcher Russian style" would have been waaaaaaay more accurate. Hell, even "Underworld Russian style: would have made much more sense, but nooooooo, every book that has magic in it, is automatically linked to Harry Potter... Smh

This time, Lukyanenko tell three stories from the point of view of the Day Watch, who monitor the activities of the forces of Light in Moscow and keep the balance of good and evil (which are subtle concepts here). Once again, the role of free will, knowing the future and being a pawn in a larger chess game are fascinating questions set in 2000 Russia.

What a great second novel by Lukyanenko. I found myself completely sucked into this world he has created once more. In similar fashion, the second book in the series is comprised of three separate stories that all tie together... and directly to the first. I am completely hooked to this story and can not wait to start the third novel, Twilight Watch. It was great to see the perspective of the Dark Others and see their take on the whole situation. Everything is not as it seems and the decisions are very complex. This was also a refreshing read. It is great to take a break and read some fresh material from another different voice. I am interested to see if anything else by Lukyanenko is translated into English, otherwise I may have to learn Russian just to read more of his work. I highly recommend these novels.