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Chargement... Emperor of the Eight Islandspar Lian Hearn
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I haven't read any book by Lian Hearn before, though I've heard of her Tales of Otori books. So I came into this with zero expectations. I enjoyed the story well enough, though the narration style took a bit of getting used to, as it relied heavily on narrative and less so on dialogue and nothing at all on inner thoughts. It's a much older style of storytelling that is evocative of a fable or folktale. The story alternately follows several different characters during a medieval feudal Japanese setting in which rival factions are jockeying for the throne. There is a bit of a learning curve with this book. I am somewhat familiar with the cultural history of feudal Japan, though it's been over a decade since my last college course on that. But keeping the names of the characters and places straight was difficult at first, though I muddled through and eventually they all became clear. This is the first in a series of four books, and does end on a bit of a cliffhanger. Though the disparate plot lines are beginning to merge together in truly fascinating ways. I'm looking forward to finding out what happens next. Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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la 4e de couverture indique : "aisse pour mort dans la montagne, le jeune Shikanoko trouve refuge chez un sorcier qui lui fabrique un masque aux immenses pouvoirs magiques. Il devient "l'Enfant du Cerf". Il parlera aux fanto mes et aux esprits protecteurs, il apprendra des hommes et des femmes les plus puissants, il connai tra le raffinement, l'amour et les sentiments les plus purs, mais aussi la bestialite , la cruaute et les machinations politiques." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I do not like the writing style, it feels fake. I do not like the pacing, or the characters. There’s a lot of stereotyping and lewdness there for seemingly no good reason. The female characters are oddly written, they are either weak, evil temptresses or just horrible, and seemed to only be there in relation to male characters.
The only aspect I somewhat enjoyed is the period it is set in, and the fantasy aspect, but I would much much rather read a fuyumi Ono, Noriko Ogiwara or Nahoko Uehashi Japanese historical fantasy book. ( )