A review by isileebee
Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn

2.0

If you can't write rape with the respect and gravity it deserves DON'T DO IT. I no longer care about Shikanoko because of this. The most aggravating and egregious problem with it is that it is used as a character point to show weakness in our poor rapist/protagonist. It's kind of disturbing that LH is essentially using magic as the "he couldn't help himself" argument. Next thing I guess we'll find out the victims' dress was too short so she must have been asking for it. Very disappointed.