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Lädt ... The Golden Princess: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) (2014. Auflage)von S. M. Stirling (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Two problems dog this latest installment in the Emberverse series. First, at least at this point, there's very little new as far as plot goes. This is just a re-write of the "Sword of the Lady Quest" that Rudy went on. Second, Stirling is starting to fall prey to a writing style that is becoming all too common among writers of extended series; he spends FAR too much time including back-story. This book could easily have been 1/3 shorter if he wasn't constantly explaining who's related to who, why they feel/react the way they do. Let's face it, if you're starting this series at book *11*, you should probably go back and read them, not rely on the author to "catch you up". And, likewise, the author shouldn't feel compelled to include that info. If you're still reading at book 11, you probably enjoy the series well enough to keep track of the backstory all on your own. I wanted to like this book but it was so boring. Now I will admit that I have not read any other books in this series and I have the next one sitting my TBR shelf given to me to review. But I am not going to go back and read the first series. This was just so boring that I am now dreading reading the next one. The characters, the setting, and the plot could have been interesting but the exposition that happened for page after page just killed it. So much of this book was just paragraph after paragraph explaining the same things over and over. I just wanted something to happen but nothing did. There are two fight scenes in this book but they both are ruined by the exposition. I was so glad when I finished this book but now I have to read the next one. I give this book a Two out of Five stars. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"Princess Orlaith, heir to Rudi Mackenzie, Artos the First, High King of Montival, now wields the Sword of the Lady--and faces a new enemy. Fortunately, she also has a new ally in Reiko, Empress of Japan, who has been pursued to America by a conquering army from Asia. To combat their mutual foe, Orlaith and Reiko embark on a quest to find the fabled Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, one of the three great treasures of the Japanese Imperial House. But dreams have revealed that the road to Kusanagi lies through the meganecropolis of the City of Angels, the greatest and most perilous of the dead cities...and beyond it, to a castle in the fearful Valley of Death. And their relentless enemy will stop at nothing to prevent them from succeeding. For across the Pacific, the great arc of land that stretches from the dark kingdom of Korea to the realm of Capricornia in Australia is threatened by war. Now all the survivors of the Change must choose sides.... "-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This episode is a bit slower than normal because of the need to introduce the new characters, meld them with the old and establish a new Quest. Of course there is enough violence to establish the validity of the bad guys/good guys and to compare the basic American fighting style against the Japanese samurais. Now we're ready for the Asian war against the "powers of chaos". ( )