A review by sashawins
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

emotional tense 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? No

5.0

📚 Book Review w/ spoliers📚
Author : W.L. Wang
Genre: Fantasy
Rating :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
This was @b2weird bookclub September pick!
Completed September 16th 2021

🎵 song for book
"Overcome"-- James Paget

🎇Fav Quotes
"Here, even things as fleeting as mountain streams became part of eternity."

"It is enough that, even for a moment I had a son like you."

"Wholeness she had learned, was not the absence of pain, but the ability to hold it."

🎇My review w/ spoliers
This book talks about past love, tradition, familial duty, grief, death, power, trauma acceptance, forgiveness and community.

I loved seeing a mother as a main character ( Misaki Matsuda)with super powers, determinations, and not afraid to fight when shit gets nuts. She struggled with tradition, her marriage, and bitterness. 

Mamarou ( her son) pulled at my heart. He was a dedicated older brother and student. The quintessential teenage boy who wants/ seek the approval of his Father. I enjoyed seeing how he help hiz mother with the smaller children

Takeru Matsuda-- I couldn't stand him. He was abrupt and cold. However, as the story progressed I realize he endured childhood trauma & observed the dysfunctional marriage of his parents. Sadly to coop with human emotions that became to much; he became the Mountain of Takayubi.

🎇This book made me cry😢. One particular chapter broke me. That was chapter 20. I had tears in my eyes yall. I felt that.

🎇 chapters are LONG🙃--- worth it.

🎇Overall I loved the world she created, the back stories, the complex charcters/supportive charcters, origin story, power system, and the process of grief.

The Sword of Kaigen gave me all the Avatar the Last Airbender vibe ---Water Bending Vibes🌊.

Any author that can invoke visceral emotions, amazing fight scene,and well rounded story. Is a book to read.

🎇My hopes
👊🏾 I looking forward to book two. I want to see the progression of Hiroshi ( cause this little 5 yr old is killa😂)

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