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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’m afraid I’m not clever enough to understand it :(
I have avoided reading this book for years and years and years. I didn't really want to read it now. But it's our SFF book club selection for this month, so I thought I'd try to get through it.
I didn't want to read a book about Germany and Japan winning WW2. Especially at this time in history, I didn't want to read about fascism and genocide and Nazis.
The book has these things, though they're not the MAIN part of the story. It's all pretty complicated: there are many different powers competing in this world. People are divided in their own minds about who they are and what they believe and what they should be doing. There's a book-within-a-book the MIGHT be depicting what's actually real about the world.
Everyone consults the I Ching and derives counsel from it. I had no idea the I Ching had such a definitive role in this book. I found it odd, but it's essential to how the plot works out.
Nothing is really resolved.
I'm feeling very conflicted about this book. I wish I could have read it when we aren't in such a fraught period of American history. :(
I didn't want to read a book about Germany and Japan winning WW2. Especially at this time in history, I didn't want to read about fascism and genocide and Nazis.
The book has these things, though they're not the MAIN part of the story. It's all pretty complicated: there are many different powers competing in this world. People are divided in their own minds about who they are and what they believe and what they should be doing. There's a book-within-a-book the MIGHT be depicting what's actually real about the world.
Everyone consults the I Ching and derives counsel from it. I had no idea the I Ching had such a definitive role in this book. I found it odd, but it's essential to how the plot works out.
Nothing is really resolved.
I'm feeling very conflicted about this book. I wish I could have read it when we aren't in such a fraught period of American history. :(
I watched the first few episodes of the TV adaptation of this book first and was intrigued enough to find the book- which I apparently already marked "to read". Very different from the TV show, but that somewhat is needed to make the story work. Kind of weird conclusion / ending, but the whole story was great- it was especially interesting to compare our fiction to their non-fiction and vice versa.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
A book that gives food for thought at the end, through a philosophical lens. Intriguing, and I would highly recommend it.