cimorene1558 's review for:

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

5.0

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Another terrific and heartbreaking fantasy/history from [a:Guy Gavriel Kay|60177|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1218804723p2/60177.jpg], very much on the same model as [b:the Sarantium Mosaic|104097|Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1)|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328000207l/104097._SX50_.jpg|1336666] or [b:The Lions of al-Rassan|104101|The Lions of Al-Rassan|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348007861l/104101._SY75_.jpg|955081], this one about a rebellion during the Chinese Tang dynasty. I really can't say much about it, it's too big a book for a little review, but it's very, very good indeed, unsettled me for a good hour after finishing it, and probably will you, too. It's got war, peace, death, life, love, hate, horses, ghosts, courtesans, and a lot of other things, and one can't read about all those things in the context of a civilization's collapse without being unsettled--or you shouldn't be able to, not when more of it is true than not. This certainly isn't the best book Mr. Kay has ever written, but it's a darn good one, and certainly among the better (and the only book of his I'm not hugely enthusiastic about is [b:The Last Light of the Sun|104080|The Last Light of the Sun|Guy Gavriel Kay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408923778l/104080._SY75_.jpg|416279], so that's saying something).