DNF

I've been putting off posting my review for Stormdancer because I know I'm on the minority. I'm all in for diversity especially when it focuses to Asian Culture. That's my thing. I thought I would like this book to the point I bought 2 paperbacks of Stormdancer by mistake and 1 hardcover book of the sequel.

I took Asian history on my freshmen & sophomore year in High School. We tackled Korean, Chinese dynasties, Philippines, Thailand histories etc and a little bit of Feudal Japan. It's a broad study. I'm Asian and grew up watching asian dramas and anime. I think does count for something.

As a reader, I'm lenient to overlook historical inaccuracies since I'm not expert myself. If the story is good, nobody is perfect. Stormdancer have a fabulous premise. I thought Yukiko is a great heroine.

The book is well written and eloquent, I'll give it that but plot wise aside it's boring and couldn't get pass the "long flowery" description and the shoddy attempt for a AU of Japan isn't working well for me.

Please if youre going to write an Asian novel, make an extensive research and make sure you'll use the honorifics properly.

Cyna made great remarks about how problematic this book is.
And Zoe Marriott, author of my favorite book Shadow on the Moon discusses the difference between diversity and appropriation.