Kindling

De: Traci Chee

Narrado por: Catherine Ho, Jeanne Syquia, Amielynn Abellera, Allison Hiroto, Erika Ishii, Joy Osmanski, Ferdelle Capistrano

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Quite Depressing but Engaging

As a big fan of both Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, I was pretty clued in to how this story was going to play out, so the ending wasn't a surprise or as much of a gut punch as it was for other readers in my book club. And while Chee did a terrific job of capturing the trauma and tragedy of this classic redemption tale, she struggled to replicate the charm of the source material and the cheery comradery of the seven warriors that is so captivating in the films. I think some of this may have been because of the odd second-person POV that didn't have any discernible purpose in the story. That, along with the seven different perspectives, made the story difficult to follow for many in our group, and I did feel fortunate to have the advantage of the distinctive narrators in the audiobook. As an homage this book does succeed, but as it's own story it fell a bit flat.