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Child of Vengeance
by David Kirk
This is an ARC I received, so I will try to keep my comments vague.
I absolutely cannot be objective as I review this book. I love feudal Japan and I love reading about history, so a historical novel set in feudal Japan is sure to win me over. This book was beautifully written with a very fascinating central character: the legendary Musashi Miyamoto. Admittedly I know very little about the legends surrounding him, but if this novel accomplished nothing else it inspired me to do my own investigations.
This novel did very well in capturing the brutality of war and death. Honor and dignity were very big themes in this book, as one might expect when so many characters are samurai. Yet all of the characters have numerous facets and not all of them are pleasant. You get to see both the ugliness and the beauty.
The author did not shy away from describing violence, blood, gore or any other savage part of humanity. There is also crude language, and though it's not to my personal taste it felt right in the context. At its core I think this book could be considered a "coming-of-age" story, though of course we also know it's a "coming-into-legend" story as well.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is fascinated by feudal Japan and enjoys historical novels.
I absolutely cannot be objective as I review this book. I love feudal Japan and I love reading about history, so a historical novel set in feudal Japan is sure to win me over. This book was beautifully written with a very fascinating central character: the legendary Musashi Miyamoto. Admittedly I know very little about the legends surrounding him, but if this novel accomplished nothing else it inspired me to do my own investigations.
This novel did very well in capturing the brutality of war and death. Honor and dignity were very big themes in this book, as one might expect when so many characters are samurai. Yet all of the characters have numerous facets and not all of them are pleasant. You get to see both the ugliness and the beauty.
The author did not shy away from describing violence, blood, gore or any other savage part of humanity. There is also crude language, and though it's not to my personal taste it felt right in the context. At its core I think this book could be considered a "coming-of-age" story, though of course we also know it's a "coming-into-legend" story as well.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is fascinated by feudal Japan and enjoys historical novels.