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Under Heaven
by Guy Gavriel Kay
1. The point of the story and how it gets through:
My favourite thing about his writing are his themes. GGK is a big theme guy. He puts his themes at the front of his stories, and I love how well he does that. Honor. Power. Fate. Free will. Love. Sibling rivalry. History. Memories. All good themes. All done masterfully.
5/5
2. Writing style:
I loved the writing in The Lions of Al-Rasaan, but I only liked it in this book. It was all right, but I'm not a big fan.
3.5/5
3. Characters:
I keep comparing this book to The Lions of Al-Rassan, and though it puts this book to a disadvantage, I think the comparison is fair. Both are his books, after all. I loved Jehane and Rodrigo and Ammar, and all the secondary characters of The Lions. This book, I cannot say I loved its characters. They were all all right. Sima Zian, the Banished Poet, who is not a POV character, is the only one I really liked.
3.5/5
4. Reading experience:
It's an easy book to read. Not many political plot lines to remember, not many shifting allegiances either. The few there are, are really good; they keep you hooked to the story.
4/5
5. How it made me feel:
The premise intrigued me, and though the bulk of the book didn't particularly move me, there are some beautiful sentences and scenes in it whichX along with the knowledge that this is a GGK book, kept me going.
The ending is heartbreaking and cathartic. Its ending, actually, is my favourite thing about this book.
3.5/5
Final rating:
3.9/5
My favourite thing about his writing are his themes. GGK is a big theme guy. He puts his themes at the front of his stories, and I love how well he does that. Honor. Power. Fate. Free will. Love. Sibling rivalry. History. Memories. All good themes. All done masterfully.
5/5
2. Writing style:
I loved the writing in The Lions of Al-Rasaan, but I only liked it in this book. It was all right, but I'm not a big fan.
3.5/5
3. Characters:
I keep comparing this book to The Lions of Al-Rassan, and though it puts this book to a disadvantage, I think the comparison is fair. Both are his books, after all. I loved Jehane and Rodrigo and Ammar, and all the secondary characters of The Lions. This book, I cannot say I loved its characters. They were all all right. Sima Zian, the Banished Poet, who is not a POV character, is the only one I really liked.
3.5/5
4. Reading experience:
It's an easy book to read. Not many political plot lines to remember, not many shifting allegiances either. The few there are, are really good; they keep you hooked to the story.
4/5
5. How it made me feel:
The premise intrigued me, and though the bulk of the book didn't particularly move me, there are some beautiful sentences and scenes in it whichX along with the knowledge that this is a GGK book, kept me going.
The ending is heartbreaking and cathartic. Its ending, actually, is my favourite thing about this book.
3.5/5
Final rating:
3.9/5