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Title: Grass for His Pillow: Tales of the Otori, Book 2 by Lian Hearn ISBN: 1-57322-251-8 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book
Comment: I don't think this was just fluff and filler for the middle of the trilogy. I thought that they developed Lady Kaede's character much more here than just having her be a hostage and a pretty face. We got to know her character better. It did seem a bit trite that she and Takeo are star-crossed lovers and they are so much in love as to turn their backs on everything else. Been there done that. I agree with the whole fulfilling a prophecy thing as being lame and contrived. Plus, finding out that all the main characters are related, oh come on. All in all, a good easy read and I'm looking forward to the third installment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun but lots of filler
Comment: If you haven't read Across the Nightengale Floor much of Grass for His Pillow isn't going to make any sense. This book is clearly a bridge between the first and third books in the series so it suffers a bit as a result. Despite that, Hearn's fantastical version of feudal Japan remains mesmerizing. Chracters are fleshed out a little bit more and we learn that Takeo really does have a destiny to fulfill. Takeo and Kaede both have a chance to grow independent of each other and it is interesting to watch the way each must move within their "families." I can't wait to see how Hearn brings it all together in the finale.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent book, rises above the first.
Comment: I really enjoyed ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR, the first book in this trilogy. Although I was captivated by it, I did not rush out to buy this second book. But this second novel definitely improved upon the first. I am really fired up after having read the conclusion, and am ready to buy book three.
The whole series is fascinating, even if it does follow a familiar fomula. But it's a timeless formula, and one that has been proven to work time and time again. Lean Hearn is an expert at hinting at events rather than showing them directly. The way this book is written, you get the impression that it's like a piece of artwork itself: what's not there is just as important as the imagery you see.
I'm looking forward to the concluding book, and will rush out to get it right away this time.
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Title: Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One by Lian Hearn ISBN: 1573222259 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, Book 3) by Lian Hearn ISBN: 1573222704 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cloud of Sparrows by TAKASHI MATSUOKA ISBN: 0385336403 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Rashomon Gate : A Mystery of Ancient Japan by I.J. Parker ISBN: 0312287984 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 31 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Hell Screen: A Mystery of Ancient Japan by I.J. Parker ISBN: 031228795X Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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