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Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1)

Lian Hearn

Paperback | Pages: 305 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 34497 Users | 2021 Reviews

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Title	:	Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1)
Author	:	Lian Hearn
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 305 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2002 by Riverhead Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Young Adult

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In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard.
The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary, preternatural skills. When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And, with this knowledge, he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floor—and to his own unimaginable destiny...

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Original Title:	Across the Nightingale Floor
ISBN:	1573223328 (ISBN13: 9781573223324)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Tales of the Otori #1
Characters:	Otori Takeo, Lord Iida
Literary Awards:	Wirral Paperback of the Year (2004), Peter Pan Award, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2004), Lincoln Award Nominee (2007), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2002) La Nuit du Livre for Littérature (2003)

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Great epic/pseudo-historical fantasy with an amazing setting reminiscent of medieval Japan. This first installment of the Tales of thr Otori managed something epic fantasy rarely does for me: it captured me from the very first page. When you take a look at the plotline, Across the Nightingale Floor has all the ingredients of an average epic fantasy: We have the orphaned hero, who is rescued by a noble stranger and discovers he has special abilities. We have the heroine, who is a pawn in her

1 1/2In my review for Graceling I stated that I was a bit of a sucker for romance elements in action type stories. I have, in the past, admitted to, probably, over-rating certain books because the romance element gave me the warm-squishies, even though other aspects of the book were lacking or, at times, downright annoying. (See 'Fire Study'.)So it's a bit ironic that, for this book, I think the romance element between the two protagonists was the weakest aspect of the book. It was so

A great series about ancient Japan with its samurais and their conduct codes, ninja-like fighters, Christians' persecutions; it has political scheming, interesting twists and turns, intriguing liaisons between characters, sword fights, love, treachery, friendship. The characters are well-developed, complex, with inner turmoil and weaknesses.The only thing that disappointed me was the romance element, exaggerated a tad too much in my opinion: when she first laid eyes on him, she started

Across the Nightingale Floor has a beautiful, concise writing style, good characterization, fast pace, and interesting plot. It's main weakness is the ridiculousness of the love-at-first-sight. It makes the characters seem a bit shallow.Warning about the audiobook: I listened to this book on CD. There are two readers a man for the voice of Takeo, and a woman for the voice of Kaede. The man is an excellent reader with a lovely voice (he's got the oriental speech sounds just right). I think his

Across the Nightingale Floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasy-medieval, feudal Japan. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting: I loved my inner picture of how Takeo was (view spoiler)[ dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor (hide spoiler)]. The peaceful and poetic descriptions of the world, like the analogy with the heron, moved me. And yet, there was a cruelty to it rape, murder, torture and probably a few too many visits to

Okay. I'll try to be as kind and heartfelt as possible. This book is insultingly bad. Normally a bad book is just that, but this book is actually infuriatingly bad. Firstly, it's a fantasy book set in feudal Japan. That's fine. I would think that it being set in Japan, Hearn would have learned anything about the place, but she apparently did not. This book is written as if Hearn simply googled Japan and then decided to write a book on it. I'll go down the list of failings.Religion Japan wasn't

There are certain books which have an intricate story, fast-paced, with a fascinating plot but then was I retaining of that? Was I understanding anything?Nah. In the first 3 pages along, we get to meet the character, know a bit about his childhood and we are expected to empathize with them the rest of the book because the village was blown up? How? I was just not able to connect with the story or the characters :(