So I am done. My God I need something light and fluffy - cried through last two chapters . Would I recommend it? Wholeheartedly so, but again please be warned - very slow pacing. You may want to persevere through the beginning, but it sucked me in pretty fast. I thought the main theme in the book ...
"THAT NIGHT NORTH of the Wai the cloud cover finally broke and a waxing moon shone among hard and brilliant stars. What followed become the matter of legend" It is moving much faster now - only in comparison with the first half of course, because fighting and battles finally came in the last quar...
"When the world changes greatly this can occur because of a single dramatic event, or because many small elements, each inconsequential in itself, fit together - like the pieces of a wooden puzzle box, of the sort sold in any village marketplace for a few copper coins" So I really like it so far -...
But every time when I read his book, I want to suggest to so many writers whose books I am reading right after to attend some more writing classes. Really just started this one, so have no opinion yet except loving the writing. Kay never treats my favorite characters in his books well, that was th...
I feel cheated. I hate these wishy-washy anti-climactic Kay endings, and the wishy-washy over-virtuous flat characters, but that was not the only thing that disappointed me here.I must say that although I loved most of the first three quarters, I hated the ending.The book is supposedly based on the...
I liked Kay's latest effort, River of Stars, but not nearly as much as I loved his previous Under Heaven novel. I connected with the characters better in the latter, but the sweep of events propelled me swiftly along in the former. Reflecting back on this ebook a month later, I now wish Kay had pr...
First things first: when I got this book it was tagged as a "romance". Thankfully, it is not.When you have a book with both a male and a female protagonist, and they do not even appear together in more than 95% of the story, it is not a romance — even if they should end up as lovers. [That's mostly ...
Excellent historical fiction set in ancient China, with only a light hint of fantasy in the form of mythological elements. I love nearly all of GGK’s books. This may not be his best, but it’s definitely up in the top 50% of his works.The story is not fast-moving (although it has action-filled moment...
Best epic fantasy I've read in years, and one of Guy Gavriel Kay's best novels. I hadn't read G.G. Kay for a while but the reviews of River of Stars were so glowing that I gave this one a try, and it was a good choice.River is set in Kitai, a fantasy China, and as so many Kay novels do, deals with ...
4.5 Stars. Review also posted at The BiblioSanctumBecause I've read and enjoyed Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven, I became intrigued and very excited when I first found out about River of Stars. Set in the same "universe" and timeline but approximately four centuries after the events of the first book...
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