Scan barcode
A review by jackwatt
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga
4.0
This is alternative historical fiction of the Edo period where 75% of the men catch a smallpox-like disease and die. The author does a good job of exploring sex and gender in a society under populated with men.
It's an interesting concept and well told. I can't say I enjoy the style of English used, as if the book were translated in the 1700s. I'd probably give 5 stars if the author found a way to communicate the formal style of writing of that time without all of the wherefores, doths, in'ts, etc.
It's an interesting concept and well told. I can't say I enjoy the style of English used, as if the book were translated in the 1700s. I'd probably give 5 stars if the author found a way to communicate the formal style of writing of that time without all of the wherefores, doths, in'ts, etc.