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wdkilpackiii's review
4.0
The Sunset Warrior series had a great impact on my as a writer and an individual. I have read Book One at least six times. However, each of the next books lost a little of the flavor and tone from the one before. This novel's shift if the most dramatic, with changing the main character to Moichi. He was a great character in previous novels, and this book is still a good read, but it doesn't hold up when compared to The Sunset Warrior itself. I enjoyed learning a bit more about the world, but Moichi didn't grip me as strongly as Ronin. I guess it's a bit cliché, but this falls into the category of not wanting to read the sequel(s) because they don't shine as brightly as the original. Nonetheless, I own them all. Recommended, but don't expect the same charge as book one.
nyx_belial's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.5
This is very much a separate story to that of the first three sunset warrior books.
Honestly I got about ⅓ of the way in and then skim read the rest of the book to get the gist of the plot.
While I believe the concept of this book is good, the almost too-close tie in to the sunset warrior trilogy kinda made this feel like a book 4 while simultaneously having almost no relevance to those books.
Honestly I got about ⅓ of the way in and then skim read the rest of the book to get the gist of the plot.
While I believe the concept of this book is good, the almost too-close tie in to the sunset warrior trilogy kinda made this feel like a book 4 while simultaneously having almost no relevance to those books.
georgemorrrison's review
4.0
Excellent adventure, and a nice follow-on from Lustbader's Sunset Warrior trilogy. (Yes, I still think of those books as a standalone set, even though the fourth and fifth books take place in the same world.)
The scenes are well-portrayed and the characters enigmatic. The plot develops through a series of revelations to a satisfying conclusion that is similar in its approach to that used in Lustbader's other books.
The scenes are well-portrayed and the characters enigmatic. The plot develops through a series of revelations to a satisfying conclusion that is similar in its approach to that used in Lustbader's other books.
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