Set in an imagined medieval Japan, Book Three is a thrilling--and surprising--follow-up to the previous adventures of Takeo and Kaede. This most powerful novel in the series is a beautiful, haunting evocation of a time and a place just beyond the reach of an outside world.
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Set in an imagined medieval Japan, Book Three is a thrilling--and surprising--follow-up to the previous adventures of Takeo and Kaede. This most powerful novel in the series is a beautiful, haunting evocation of a time and a place just beyond the reach of an outside world.
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The `Otori Trilogy' is a completely unique set of modern fantasy stories, truly refreshing in every way (especially in comparison to some other clichéd examples of the genre around at the moment) and one that very rightly deserves to be remembered and even to grow in popularity in years to come. But despite the delicate and vivacious prose, moving character histories and a truly involving imagined world, the `Otori Trilogy' is one that I felt never quite touched me in the way that great fantasy always should. As I came to the end of `Brilliance of the Moon' I was satisfied, but not as deeply moved as I wished to be.
One of the unique attributes of Hearn's writing for me is that as I read I am constantly surprised by the choices the characters make, frequently appalled by the horrific acts of violence they visit upon each other and numbed by the deaths of characters whose lives are taken seemingly so needlessly, but for whom Hearn has invested so much into. But while the actions of Takeo, Kaede, Kenji and all the rest always came as a constant surprise to me, in comparison the plot is somewhat linear with few twists to the tale, relatively few complications to entertain the reader and little deviation from the prophecy that was previously laid out as Takeo's path to greatness. Although this is a minor quibble, I couldn't help but feel that it was the author's duty to make rules and then break them, to predict one thing and to deliver another, just often enough to keep the reader on his/her toes. But the lack of complication meant that I never became as invested in the lives of the characters as I hungered to be, because so much is delivered to the reader by Hearn almost exactly as was foretold in the previous book.
In particular, I found the first half of this book much too sluggish, which shouldn't be the case for such an important story in the series. It was only about half-way into the book that the plot became as engrossing for me, as I found the entirety of `Grass for his Pillow' to be, achieved by a twist that I did not see coming. But even so there were only a handful of chapters in 'Brilliance of the Moon' that I raced through in order to find out all that would happen next, while at the same time savouring every sentance, word and syllable of gorgeously precise descriptions and evocative dialogue.
Truthfully, `Brilliance of the Moon' is not the epic story I was hoping for, but I was never, ever disappointed by it, because there's so much to enjoy about this book that at times it can be overwhelming and for that reason I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to everyone who fell in love with `Across the Nightingale Floor' and `Grass for his Pillow' just as Takeo and Kaede did for one another as they journeyed side-by-side through the harsh landscape of the Three Counties. Magical.
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Nov 6, 2007
A continuation u cant miss.
Brilliance of the Moon is a novel no Tales of the Otori fan can miss out on! The novels spine tingling/ suspenseful mood keeps you wanting to read more and more. Then again the romance theme of it too gives you that urge to keep moving forward. See since it is the third book in the series, you must read one and two first. See, this book does no more explaining . Takeo finally takes action and fufills his duty. I strongly reccomend these series of books to any fantasy/ romance lover out there.
