Das Schwert in der Stille (2002)

Primera saga de fantasía oriental que leo. He de admitir que el libro que cayó en mis manos fue la precuela, y razón por la que decidí leerla. No es lo que esperaba ni me encanta pero la terminaré. ( )

Se lit très facilement, l'intrigue est plutôt simple mais prenante. La lecture du livre est très agréable de manière générale et nous plonge dans un petit univers bien détaillé. ( )

This book really did have a touch of magic in every word, in my opinion. Takeo's loyalty to Otori Shigeru was haunting and so perfectly constructed and his determination and drive to do the right thing kept the story going forwards brilliantly. Kaede's innocence but also her determination and strength of character made her a force to be reckoned with all of her own. It was beautifully written.

In terms of historical accuracy for the setting, I really don't know... but the book has characters with literal magic powers so I'm sure it can be forgiven for any inaccuracies, because it's clearly not set in the world as we understand it anyway.

I'm excited to read the rest of the series. Definitely glad I took the time to listen to this book. ( )

This book really did have a touch of magic in every word, in my opinion. Takeo's loyalty to Otori Shigeru was haunting and so perfectly constructed and his determination and drive to do the right thing kept the story going forwards brilliantly. Kaede's innocence but also her determination and strength of character made her a force to be reckoned with all of her own. It was beautifully written.

In terms of historical accuracy for the setting, I really don't know... but the book has characters with literal magic powers so I'm sure it can be forgiven for any inaccuracies, because it's clearly not set in the world as we understand it anyway.

I'm excited to read the rest of the series. Definitely glad I took the time to listen to this book. ( )

I wanted to like this book, I really did. And the actual story line was fine. It was predictable, but it was fun. Just a good fantasy action book.

But the romance killed it for me, so hard. It was so over-the-top. It was distracting. It made no sense. It was insulting to all parties involved. I'm going to try to read the other two books, and I hope that the teenage hormones calm down a little bit. ( )