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The Goddess Chronicle (2008)

by Natsuo Kirino(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0802121098 (ISBN13: 9780802121097)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Canongate U.S.

series

Canongate Myths

review 1: The set-up for the main plot is slow, at times boring and too repetitive. The action, once we get to, can also be repetitive -- I kept thinking: please give the reader some credit -- though I'm willing to speculate that perhaps some of the fault is with the translation. The bland prose doesn't fit such an emotional story and the exposition seems as if it was written for a young audience. While I understand what she was trying to get at with the ending, it seems forced and I'm not sure it makes much sense.
review 2: Well. I picked this up from a library looking for some pieces of Japanese literature, and I certainly liked what I found. Knowing a bit (though admittedly not too much) about Japanese Mythology, I was glad to see Izanami and Izanagi featured in such ... moreprominent roles, and Namima's fate was compelling. I do wonder what Mahito would have done if the baby Namima gave birth to was a boy, though... maybe they would have gone to Yamato after all and half of the story wouldn't have happened. less

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