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“Fantastic, defiant, utterly brilliant.” —Ken Liu
Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of ...more
Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of ...more
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June 23rd 2020
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Nov 13, 2019
Nenia ⚡ Aspiring Evil Overlord ⚡ Campbell
marked it as wishlist
This sounds so good!
This is a tough novella to review without wading into spoiler territory.
The way that Zen Cho's new novella The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water began was a major feint. It seemed like it was going to lean into an action-oriented saga of black magic and banditry, bounty hunting and showdowns. Instead, it throws a massive curveball and tells a powerful story of identity and how it evolves across different people, customs, and lands. An underlying theme I took away is discovering your ...more
The way that Zen Cho's new novella The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water began was a major feint. It seemed like it was going to lean into an action-oriented saga of black magic and banditry, bounty hunting and showdowns. Instead, it throws a massive curveball and tells a powerful story of identity and how it evolves across different people, customs, and lands. An underlying theme I took away is discovering your ...more
Apr 18, 2019
Sana
marked it as to-read-so-bad-it-hurts
CHINESE BANDIT FANTASY, YESSSSS
Sep 11, 2019
Aimal (Bookshelves & Paperbacks)
marked it as anticipated-releases
i’d like to bring your attention TO THIS COVER. LOOK AT IT. LOOOOOOK AT IT.
so......found family wuxia huh
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A case of expectations =/= reality but in the best possible way, in my opinion.
I dived into this with the expectation that it would be a high-stakes, action-packed wuxia fantasy with a lot of martial art goodness, but instead I found a very thought-provoking novella that revolves around identity, spirituality, and the lengths taken in order to guarantee survival. I also thought that the queer-norm aspects of this novella (particularly the emphasis on trans-ness and gender fluidity) were a ...more
I dived into this with the expectation that it would be a high-stakes, action-packed wuxia fantasy with a lot of martial art goodness, but instead I found a very thought-provoking novella that revolves around identity, spirituality, and the lengths taken in order to guarantee survival. I also thought that the queer-norm aspects of this novella (particularly the emphasis on trans-ness and gender fluidity) were a ...more
Gorgeous cover, interesting premise, Asian-inspired fantasy & ownvoice Asian rep, Tor novella = everything I love in a book
“I don’t want half,” said the customer. “I want justice!”
“In these times justice is hard to get.”
I don’t usually read novellas but I jumped at the opportunity to read this wuxia fantasy. I grew up watching wuxia — Legend of the Condor Heroes and its plentiful adaptations and sequels (Return of the Condor Heroes 2006 was my favorite) — and this book evoked a keen sense of nostalgia. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water is about a nun, Guet Imm, who joins a colorful group of bandits on ...more
“In these times justice is hard to get.”
I don’t usually read novellas but I jumped at the opportunity to read this wuxia fantasy. I grew up watching wuxia — Legend of the Condor Heroes and its plentiful adaptations and sequels (Return of the Condor Heroes 2006 was my favorite) — and this book evoked a keen sense of nostalgia. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water is about a nun, Guet Imm, who joins a colorful group of bandits on ...more
ARC via Edelweiss. It is an ongoing trial to me that Tor is owned by Macmillan, because Macmillan are being such unredeemable assholes about libraries right now and I don't want to support them in any way, but Tor puts out such consistently amazing books! Zen Cho's dialogue is just... *chef's kiss* perfect. She has a style that doesn't sound like anything else I've ever read, but it's so much fun to read. It's hard to say what this particular novella is about without spoiling things -- it's
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Zen Cho's latest novella (which she very kindly gifted me in a giveaway) zips along to the point you've finished it before you realise how much time has passed. Putting this down was simply not possible as a nun and a group of bandits, sorry roving contractors, travel through the jungle encountering disaster chaos and their true selves. It's sublimely written and even the dialogue evokes the dialects and social standing of the characters without beating you about the face. This is a riot of a
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Sep 12, 2019
Emily (moonlight&moths)
marked it as to-read-unpublished
LOOK AT THIS COVER!!!!! LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!! also found family with bandits? count me in.
I wish this were longer. Since it's too late for that, I hope that Zen Cho chooses to revisit this world and these characters in the future. This is a lovely, cinematic, tiny gem of a novella.
TBP June 2020. Tor novella. Sounds promising.
Memo to self: ask for an ARC sometime soon?
Memo to self: ask for an ARC sometime soon?
Love Zen Cho, loved this wry, intelligent, heartwrenching adventure story.
Hovers on the boundary between 3 and 4 stars. I think I like what it’s doing but, like some other novellas, would have benefited from being longer and having more space to do it in.
I was lucky enough to read this as an ARC. When it becomes available in June, I intend to buy a copy. Wuxia-inspired bandits, found families and magic. Beautiful.
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