Lotus Wars (Stormdancer / Kinslayer / Endsinger)

📚 Finished Reading: Lotus Wars (Stormdancer / Kinslayer / Endsinger)

my take: Japanese steampunk with a female main character. Count me in. I liked the story, the characters and the world. Could imagine this as a Netflix series, Arcane-style.

I think part of why I enjoyed it is that it’s the first physical book I’ve read in years and I read the first pages during a relaxed spa day.

I liked story and setting - but I can see why others didn’t. Yukiko, the main character, is described as a 16/17 year old. I don’t think the story needs explicit description of her bathing. And is it a proper description of Japanese culture and myths? Probably not.

From what I read it was an advantage to read it in German rather than the English original, because the translation was easy to understand, despite a few Japanese terms and used the sans and samas correctly (as far as I can tell).

recommendation: yes.

(I read this in German)