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yoda_bor's review
5.0
Un très bon début de tome avec la visite d’Azher et ses cousins au clan Berdan pour tenter de trouver des soutiens.
Puis la famille de Pariya reçoit son prétendant et, malgré de nombreuses bourdes, la jeune fille semble avoir séduit le garçon.
La suite avec les jumelles est un peu moins intéressante, la faute essentiellement à deux personnages absolument horripilants. Layla et Leyli ne sont pas du tout attachantes et enchaînent les caprices.
C’est tout de même agréable de découvrir de nouvelles façons de vivre. Dans le village des jumelles, les femmes ont l’air bien plus libres que dans les montagnes, elles ont souvent les cheveux détachés et Layla et Leyli ont leur mot à dire, même s’il est faible, sur le choix de leurs prétendants.
Le tome s’achève sur l’annonce du double mariage, auquel Smith et son guide sont enchantés de participer. Et surtout, sur un passage bien mystérieux dans lequel un inconnu ramasse dans le sable la montre que l’Anglais avait abandonnée.
Puis la famille de Pariya reçoit son prétendant et, malgré de nombreuses bourdes, la jeune fille semble avoir séduit le garçon.
La suite avec les jumelles est un peu moins intéressante, la faute essentiellement à deux personnages absolument horripilants. Layla et Leyli ne sont pas du tout attachantes et enchaînent les caprices.
C’est tout de même agréable de découvrir de nouvelles façons de vivre. Dans le village des jumelles, les femmes ont l’air bien plus libres que dans les montagnes, elles ont souvent les cheveux détachés et Layla et Leyli ont leur mot à dire, même s’il est faible, sur le choix de leurs prétendants.
Le tome s’achève sur l’annonce du double mariage, auquel Smith et son guide sont enchantés de participer. Et surtout, sur un passage bien mystérieux dans lequel un inconnu ramasse dans le sable la montre que l’Anglais avait abandonnée.
reclusivebookslug's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
hoshitoyume's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
brizreading's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful, as all the previous volumes have been. Just great. I could go on and on. But let me just highlight:
- The phenomenal art. What intricate, gorgeous patterns! what movement and flow! what human form! what GIANT GLISTENING EYES! Kaoru Mori's hand is superhuman. How can she make such perfection.
- The rich tapestry of culture, history, anthropology. We learn so much. I knew so little about 19th century Turkic culture and, well, I still probably know little. But I love to visit sometimes! This is a really absorbing time-travel. Gorgeous.
- And, finally, I noticed this time how innovative and meditative and clever her pacing is - as in, the pacing in her panels. The way she tells this story. There was some slapstick (e.g. traveling dude gets smacked in face with thrown fish) that I found utterly charming in its presentation.
Yes, the identical twin sisters are LOUD AND SHOUTY and intentionally very obnoxious. But the story is both sympathetic to everyone else's (and the reader's) annoyance (BOY DO THEY SHOUT A LOT), as well as sympathetic to _them_. They are, after all, very young. As with the previous volumes (the 12-year-old groom!), it makes the moments when they say things like "BUT WE'RE ADULTS NOW SO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO US!!", and the elders in the family go, "that is true", it makes those moments just slam you in the face with such CHALLENGING CULTURE SHOCK. God, I love this series! Wonderful.
- The phenomenal art. What intricate, gorgeous patterns! what movement and flow! what human form! what GIANT GLISTENING EYES! Kaoru Mori's hand is superhuman. How can she make such perfection.
- The rich tapestry of culture, history, anthropology. We learn so much. I knew so little about 19th century Turkic culture and, well, I still probably know little. But I love to visit sometimes! This is a really absorbing time-travel. Gorgeous.
- And, finally, I noticed this time how innovative and meditative and clever her pacing is - as in, the pacing in her panels. The way she tells this story. There was some slapstick (e.g. traveling dude gets smacked in face with thrown fish) that I found utterly charming in its presentation.
Yes, the identical twin sisters are LOUD AND SHOUTY and intentionally very obnoxious. But the story is both sympathetic to everyone else's (and the reader's) annoyance (BOY DO THEY SHOUT A LOT), as well as sympathetic to _them_. They are, after all, very young. As with the previous volumes (the 12-year-old groom!), it makes the moments when they say things like "BUT WE'RE ADULTS NOW SO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO US!!", and the elders in the family go, "that is true", it makes those moments just slam you in the face with such CHALLENGING CULTURE SHOCK. God, I love this series! Wonderful.
beththebookdragon's review against another edition
4.0
This series continues to be a delight. Those twins on the cover are just as lively and mischievous as they appear to be. I do miss Amir and her husband & family though--we get only a glimpse of them.
crowyhead's review against another edition
3.0
The artwork continues to be lovely, but I found the main characters in this volume to be more than a little bit annoying. THEY'RE SO SHOUTY.
zimelien's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
a_h_haga's review against another edition
3.0
I've reached a point as a reader/person where the character of independent young women/girls in worlds where that isn't natural kind of annoy me. I'm all for independent women taking care of themselves, but many times in books they are made out to be the only people ''rebelling'' against the rules, and that seem just like something to do to make the characters stand out.
This was kind of the feeling I got of the twins in this book.
That they didn't fit in the time and place, which took away from the general feel of this manga.
There are many ways the author could still make them the characters they are, but he did it like many YA authors do their MC, which wasn't for me.
The end did kind of save it, though, and I think we get more from the original characters in future books, so I will continue reading on!
The art is still on point, though, and I already have the next book, which I'm looking forward to reading.
This was kind of the feeling I got of the twins in this book.
That they didn't fit in the time and place, which took away from the general feel of this manga.
There are many ways the author could still make them the characters they are, but he did it like many YA authors do their MC, which wasn't for me.
The end did kind of save it, though, and I think we get more from the original characters in future books, so I will continue reading on!
The art is still on point, though, and I already have the next book, which I'm looking forward to reading.