sarah_ls 's review for:

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

5.0

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This was a really wonderful book. I was told that it had a very slow and steady pace and I found that this worked really well for me. I'm not familiar with the dynasties of China and the character names were a bit more difficult for me. Additionally, I was using the audio. So the way that the characters were introduced one by one, leaving time to get to know them before another was introduced, really worked. The pace did pick up, as did the complexity. I was with it right up to the moment that politics became important. Politics make my brain short out :) So yes, I got confused in there, but I really loved the story. I loved that the wrap-up wasn't entirely what I expected but was still appropriate and still happy.

To all my buddies who haven't read this - get on it already!