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A review by pingwoh
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
2.0
honestly my low review is a bit personal. i have a deep interest in chinese history, and while i think this book hit some marks it fell far short in others. it's a bit of a hodgepodge historically and while i appreciate the subversion at the end regarding the beginnings of dynasties i wish we had actually just had things like the prophecies follow through.
that being said the book does carry strong themes to support this ending (the pickiness of history, the way subtlety can be lost, the fact you can be destined for something and still fail) i find it unsatisfactory. also the writing style insists upon itself - particularly at the beginning. either way, i did finish the book but it took 3/4 of it to actually go anywhere interesting and stop talking about one characters small dick /hj
that being said the book does carry strong themes to support this ending (the pickiness of history, the way subtlety can be lost, the fact you can be destined for something and still fail) i find it unsatisfactory. also the writing style insists upon itself - particularly at the beginning. either way, i did finish the book but it took 3/4 of it to actually go anywhere interesting and stop talking about one characters small dick /hj