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amyextradot 's review for:
Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
First off, this book IS NOT about feudal Japan, but the author borrows heavily from its culture. Judging from some reviews, he also picked and chose what events to use, taking elements from other Asian cultures and throwing them in the mix, to the ire of some.
*shrug*
It didn't bother me because it's a steampunk/dystopian/fantasy novel, not historical fiction.
The steampunk elements were interesting...rather than the technology being this wonderous thing, the mechanics and the fuel are literally killing the land and its people.
After the rather laborious world building in the first 100 pages or so, the action picks up when Yukiko saves the thunder tiger that she thought didn't exist.
The heroine, Yukiko, is described as "kick ass" in a bunch of reviews, and yeah, she's string and stuff, but the whole side story of her lusting the samurai with the "sea green eyes" seemed pointless--it seemed to just serve the purpose of her being betrayed to the Shogun later and makes her seem weak.
*shrug*
It didn't bother me because it's a steampunk/dystopian/fantasy novel, not historical fiction.
The steampunk elements were interesting...rather than the technology being this wonderous thing, the mechanics and the fuel are literally killing the land and its people.
After the rather laborious world building in the first 100 pages or so, the action picks up when Yukiko saves the thunder tiger that she thought didn't exist.
The heroine, Yukiko, is described as "kick ass" in a bunch of reviews, and yeah, she's string and stuff, but the whole side story of her lusting the samurai with the "sea green eyes" seemed pointless--it seemed to just serve the purpose of her being betrayed to the Shogun later and makes her seem weak.