sienamystic 's review for:

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

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If you like what Kay does, you'll enjoy this book - that is, if you enjoy Kay's examination of a historical culture by setting a novel in a fantasy analogue that's our history made a little more heightened, intense, vivid. I love Kay, but did think his characteristic writing style was a trifle more self-indulgent here: not enough to mar the book, but enough to make me notice how much he enjoys using a particular turn of phrase. Perhaps not the best Kay to start with, but a great read nonetheless.