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Under Heaven
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Every one of Kay's books deserves a re-read. The first read through (for me anyway) is to get the "feel" of the world and the story. The second read through is to really savor and explore. I've only done my first read on this one before I had to return the book to the library, but I can give you my preliminary impressions.
Kay is a wonderful, wonderful writer. He creates absorbing, lyrical worlds that are both self-contained and internally consistent. I did not "bond" with these characters as immediately as I have with some of his others. However, I didn't really like [b:The Lions of Al-Rassan|104101|The Lions of al-Rassan|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506640s/104101.jpg|955081] very much my first time through, and now it's my very favorite book of all time. Using Chinese culture was both very interesting to me and in some ways a natural extension of writing about Constantinople. That the main beauty, though, was a green-eyed blonde threw me a little bit.
To sum up, I loved it, but in a bit of an abstract way. I look forward to reading it again.
Kay is a wonderful, wonderful writer. He creates absorbing, lyrical worlds that are both self-contained and internally consistent. I did not "bond" with these characters as immediately as I have with some of his others. However, I didn't really like [b:The Lions of Al-Rassan|104101|The Lions of al-Rassan|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171506640s/104101.jpg|955081] very much my first time through, and now it's my very favorite book of all time. Using Chinese culture was both very interesting to me and in some ways a natural extension of writing about Constantinople. That the main beauty, though, was a green-eyed blonde threw me a little bit.
To sum up, I loved it, but in a bit of an abstract way. I look forward to reading it again.