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Ken Liu is a talented author, I’ve enjoyed his short stories and was curious to see if he could translate this talent to a novel. Curiosity did not kill the cat, nor the reader in this case. This was an enjoyable, well written story filled with human drama and deep characterizations.
The plot begins with an assignation attempt on a cruel emperor and the impression that this makes on one of our protagonist, Kuni Garu. Our hero is only a boy at this time and he represents a really different way of ...more
The plot begins with an assignation attempt on a cruel emperor and the impression that this makes on one of our protagonist, Kuni Garu. Our hero is only a boy at this time and he represents a really different way of ...more
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Intellectually superior, not always as entertaining as I would have preferred.
Female characters are few and far between, but I hear this improves in the rest of the series
Jul 31, 2014
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