The Harsh Cry of the Heron is the fourth book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko. A dazzling epic of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayal, and unconquerable love, The Harsh Cry of the Heron takes the storytelling achievement of Lian Hearn's fantastic medieval Japanese world to startling new heights of drama and action. Fifteen years of peace and prosperity...
I had to write this review so people didn't get the wrong idea about the book based on what so many people have written about the ending. I'm glad I read the book before reading the reviews here and I'm not going to write too much about the ending but if you've already read the other reviews it is probably spoiled anyway. I enjoyed The Harsh Cry of the Heron more than the trilogy. The characters seem more realistic. They're...
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Ms. Hearn teased and tantalized us but this was definitely the best book of the bunch. I'm including Heaven's Net Is Wide in the equation too. I can't say I wanted it to go down like it did but then again I'm reading her story not mine and I wasn't disappointed in the least. I had no complaints. Highly recommend this book as well as the entire series.
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I much enjoyed the first three Tales of the Otori books, and number four did not disappoint. The author presents the historical picture very effectively, while weaving a tale of epic proportions. Few authors so well command the skill of showing the right balance of fairness and unfairness, justice and injustice happening to the central characters. If you read the first three books, you must get this one, and if you did...
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The Last Tale of the Otori was highly anticipated for good reason. This last book was a little harder to get rolling into, even after freshly re-reading the other three in their entirity. Nontheless, the book did eventually find it's captivating rythym and started all of the twists and turns you desired from the previous three. However, just as others have said, as much as I needed an ending, and as much as I came to except...
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The present and fourth book of the series is as captivating as the three books that came before. The fifth book, the prequel, is already on my mind and will be savored and enjoyed when it finally arrives. But back to the present, the story that has been unraveled to us thus far in all four books has a wonderful mixture of historical fact and fiction. As someone who has read quite a bit about Japanese historical fact because...
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