Stormdancer
by:
Jay Kristoff (author)
ISBN:
9781250001405 (1250001404)
Publish date: September 18th 2012
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Pages no: 313
Edition language: English
Series: The Lotus War (#1)
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff Book 1 of The Lotus War trilogy **Side note: This review has been slightly modified and my original rating changed--original review posted at Goodreads in April 2013. A DYING LAND The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once...
This is going to be one of those book reviews wherein I don't feel like I have much to say. It all sort of boils down to this for me: Reading this book feels like watching an anime. Its resemblance to anime is both its strong point and its weakness. On the plus side this book was very easy for me to...
The world is polluted and it is only getting worse. The Shogun Yoritomo rules with an iron fist, taking whatever pleases him. The Lotus Guild holds sway via their knowledge of mechanics and running the empire’s many machines. The black lotus pollutes land and people alike, choking out the wild place...
Very, very mixed feelings here. I sort of enjoyed it, but...I liked the second part better, in part because I'm not too fond of treks in the wilderness/mountains, and also because of the more complex political layers I could sense in it. Also, Yukiko had to grow up, from the sulking girl of the begi...
I'll be honest, I'm prejudiced against male authors writing female protagonists. I often find the heroines too pragmatic cold and emotionless (there are exceptions, [a:Brandon Sanderson|38550|Brandon Sanderson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1394044556p2/38550.jpg] is a good example of an author tha...