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A review by duskvstweak
The Scorpion by Stephen D. Sullivan
3.0
This was more enjoyable than it deserved. Technically, it was poorly written. It abuses third person omniscient with a vengeance. Characters navel gaze like there's no tomorrow and smile all the time. The smiling! Every thought, every memory makes these characters smile again and again. This is a dark, samurai fantasy, why is there so much smiling? Sigh.
Take that away and within this book is an enjoyable story, though it doesn't start being interesting until halfway through. I used to play Legend of the Five Rings, and it was a lot of fun. I loved the setting and the clans, and this was a great way to change my negative perception of the Scorpion clan. While they're still the "villains", I suppose, they have their own sense of owner and loyalty that I understand much better. The coup in the middle is handled well and has a great sense of movement thereafter. Holding the fortress proves to be no easy matter and the end results is expected though sad. I just wish the rest of this book had the same power.
Take that away and within this book is an enjoyable story, though it doesn't start being interesting until halfway through. I used to play Legend of the Five Rings, and it was a lot of fun. I loved the setting and the clans, and this was a great way to change my negative perception of the Scorpion clan. While they're still the "villains", I suppose, they have their own sense of owner and loyalty that I understand much better. The coup in the middle is handled well and has a great sense of movement thereafter. Holding the fortress proves to be no easy matter and the end results is expected though sad. I just wish the rest of this book had the same power.