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The Sleeping Dragon (2010)

by Miyuki Miyabe(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

4770031041 (ISBN13: 9784770031044)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Kodansha

review 1: I had read "All She Was Worth" by Miyabe and found it promising: with this book I fell in love with the author. I felt pulled into this mystery in the first few paragraphs, and didn't want to put it down. The characters are likeable and interesting, and the mystery kept me guessing until the end. I really enjoy this author's writing style. She is great at creating atmosphere and building tension. Her mysteries are serious, smart, psychological and deep, but they are not depressing.
review 2: Kept me reading with a fluid style. There is a simplicity to the story that makes it easy to slip into. I don't know if some of the things I found bothersome (like some of the dialog seemed a little hokey) is a cultural issue or not. I have also noticed that in the Japanese... more fiction I've read there is the same use of short, terse sentences. Description is kept to a minimum. I don't see that as a negative thing; just an observation.The supernatural aspects of the story were kept low-key, which made the plot believable. Characters dealt with the supernatural not as gee-whiz, but as real people probably would: as a burden rather than a prize (like winning the lottery; we think it would solve all our problems, yet it introduces other ones). less

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