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sililez 's review for:
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
by Miyamoto Musashi
This book is a weird one. It was clearly intended as more of a "manual" than a book to be read, indeed it says so halfway through. It reads easily enough, and covers several techniques of ancient Japanese sword strategy. Though it was enjoyable enough, and there were some interesting passages when read through a metaphorical lens, I cannot say that I found much of substance. It struck me, more than anything else, as "A Soldier's Guide to Buddhism".
Rating:
3/5 - None of it was unpleasant to read, but none of it was particularly engrossing either. It's short enough not to drag but long enough to get rid of its mystique. In general, it does nothing well and nothing badly. I think I am just far too fundamentally removed from its intended audience.
Who I'd recommend this to:
An actual samurai.
Rating:
3/5 - None of it was unpleasant to read, but none of it was particularly engrossing either. It's short enough not to drag but long enough to get rid of its mystique. In general, it does nothing well and nothing badly. I think I am just far too fundamentally removed from its intended audience.
Who I'd recommend this to:
An actual samurai.