Sean
I loved the first in this series, but this book…. I can’t say I am glad to have read it. Unending chapters about drinking tea and the importance of fine dishes, and just when I am about to give up something major happens. I wish I had just read a summary.
I loved the first in this series, but this book…. I can’t say I am glad to have read it. Unending chapters about drinking tea and the importance of fine dishes, and just when I am about to give up something major happens. I wish I had just read a summary.
A really nice collection of interconnected short stories. The first few or so strong and powerful I was drawn in enough to hang through several that were quite weak, and I skipped over one almost entirely. And while the interconnection is a bit transparently an effort for the author in some cases, and the callbacks to other characters are lost (unless you’ve been keeping track with pen and paper) I think making it through to the ending is worth the effort.
A really nice collection of interconnected short stories. The first few or so strong and powerful I was drawn in enough to hang through several that were quite weak, and I skipped over one almost entirely. And while the interconnection is a bit transparently an effort for the author in some cases, and the callbacks to other characters are lost (unless you’ve been keeping track with pen and paper) I think making it through to the ending is worth the effort.
