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gordonwaddell 's review for:
Under Heaven
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Can't quite decide between 3 and 4 stars.
Good solid GGK but a little like the [b:Lions of al-Rassan|104101|The Lions of al-Rassan|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506640s/104101.jpg|955081] it comprises of tight adventures on a few, interlinked, characters and then rather than escalating into a classical high-fantasy epic it pulls back into a epic scope tightly concluded with the characters actions in context.
This is GGK's intention - the retelling of history via the fantastical - but it jars sometimes. In [b:The Last Light of the Sun|104080|The Last Light of the Sun (The Sarantine Mosaic, Book 3)|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506604s/104080.jpg|416279] it went better because in general the scope wasn't quite so epic.
This was a fantastical retelling of events in the Tang dynasty (apparently) but don't let that concern you.
Good solid GGK but a little like the [b:Lions of al-Rassan|104101|The Lions of al-Rassan|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506640s/104101.jpg|955081] it comprises of tight adventures on a few, interlinked, characters and then rather than escalating into a classical high-fantasy epic it pulls back into a epic scope tightly concluded with the characters actions in context.
This is GGK's intention - the retelling of history via the fantastical - but it jars sometimes. In [b:The Last Light of the Sun|104080|The Last Light of the Sun (The Sarantine Mosaic, Book 3)|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506604s/104080.jpg|416279] it went better because in general the scope wasn't quite so epic.
This was a fantastical retelling of events in the Tang dynasty (apparently) but don't let that concern you.