I’m not certain if this is simply because I read the books too fast, or if it is an aspect of the writing itself–one which I know my own writing does suffer from. Instead, the prose appears to distance the reader from the full impact of the action and drama occurring within the novel. The language itself is beautiful, and the stakes are higher than in previous books, but the tense pacing is not present. And, despite having read it multiple times, I still have difficulty recalling the exact events of the plot. While this novel is faster-paced and more eventful than the previous novel in the trilogy, it also lacks the fluid feeling of Across the Nightingale Floor. Events conspire against them and the pair, after setting up their ambitious plans for the future, are separated. Otori and Tribe forces both threaten Takeo and he is forced to flee with Kaede to Maruyama. Takeo and Kaede have married in secret, against the wishes of their protector, the warlord Arai Zenko. It takes place shortly after the conclusion of Grass for his Pillow. Lian Hearn (Hodder, 2004, ISBN: 0-7336-1564-3)īrilliance of the Moon is the last in Lian Hearn’s original Tales of the Otori trilogy.
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