The Sword of Kaigen

Ok, I have mixed feelings of this book.

The issues:
1. Pacing. It felt like there were 3 parts to this book: Character intros, main conflict, character development. This stuff in these parts were not bad, but it didn't always feel like a uniform story.
2. The Japanese style language in the book was a bit hard to read sometimes. Also, there is a lookup in the back for a lot of these. This style might be a pro for some, but it took away from the story for me.
3. The 3rd part of the book seemed to drag on too long.
4. The ending. I turned to the next page to keep reading and the book just seemed to stop. It didn't seem the story was resolved at the end.

All that being said, I still really liked the book. Incredible character developments! And the conflict in the middle was really well described.

4/5 stars and I would recommend to a friend after prefacing some of the issues I described above.