A review by caireann
Eight Skilled Gentlemen by Barry Hughart

2.0

Sadly, the weakest one from the trilogy about Master Li and Number Ten Ox. I found it less magical than the first one, mostly because it focused on politics, scheming and violence – things that, of course, were present in the previous books, but in different proportions. This book ravished in brutality and graphical descriptions of violence that simply made reading less pleasant. Still, it was a great plot, and both the characters were as interesting as before, it’s just that this part definitely wasn’t what I expected it to be.