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A review by gwydiland
Blossoms and Shadows by Lian Hearn
3.0
I read Lian Hearns 'The clan of the otori' when they were published because i just love everything set in Japan/Japanese Culture. I loved reading the books and felt like they were an 'easy' and enjoyable read. This book is not easy. And not always enjoyable. Even if you are interested in Japanese culture and history(i really do like reading about the Bakumatsu era so i thought this would be very interesting) , this book is REALLY hard to follow.
There are so many characters that i constantly had to switch to the character list and a lot of times, esp. the last chapters, it felt more like a history book than a novel. Three stars because of all the historical things and a female main character who was a bit different but i would not recommend this to you if you do not know anything about japanese history and even then it might be really hard to follow.
There are so many characters that i constantly had to switch to the character list and a lot of times, esp. the last chapters, it felt more like a history book than a novel. Three stars because of all the historical things and a female main character who was a bit different but i would not recommend this to you if you do not know anything about japanese history and even then it might be really hard to follow.