The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
Extremely epic. A hero who suffers great injustice but then gets special powers such that he's got one hell of an ace up his sleeve. Eventually saving the world. Was reminded of Conan the Barbarian strongly at the end with the ferali and vurdmeisters. Was reminded of so many epic fantasy stories. They all start to blend together eventually. The same story over and over with different parts left out from one telling to the next.

Was annoyed by the jumping from scene to scene at crucial moments (like that ass G Martin). Also I'm tired of it always being about the kings. I want to hear about some artisan. And not an artisan who ends up a king. An artisan that despite having an ace up his sleeve continues being a part of life as it's lived by 99% of people.

This also could use more pain, more delving into the results of the injustice, and more detail.

FMI, magical artifacts and people with magical abilites (good) and vir (evil magic). People quest for power crushing all in their paths. Bunch of war scenes (yawn). And finally in the most epic way possible good truimphs by the power of love! (slight eyeroll, haven't I heard this one before?).

Thanks to the dictionary function of kindle I now know what 'pince-nez' means. A word I had previously looked up multiple times but always forgot. Also 'wen' and 'antipodes'. I love the kindle.