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

2.0

To be quite honest, I was thoroughly disappointed with this novel. I LOVED tales of the otori as a child, loved loved loved them, so I picked this up with great expectations and hopes to be gripped in the same way. But I wasn't. It was slow to start, slow to continue and slow to end. I found myself skimming very heavily just to finish it. The real problem with this story was that it was hard to like any of the characters, they didn't feel all that fleshed out or real and thus I didn't have any connection with the story.