Review: Honestly this should have been 4.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
I really liked this story.  I liked the rage, and the violent descriptions were spot on.  The story line pulled you through all the way.  However, about 3/4 of the way through, I knew what the end was going to be.  The give away was too easy.  When there is a bit of comedy in a story, a giveaway is ok...but as dark as this story seemed to be trying to go, I feel like knowing the ending only 3/4 of the way pulled one star off.  Even though...the darkness was almost comedic with scenes in which a monk is trying to explain to the man being tortured that he simply DID NOT want to get blood on his feet.  Really? would he care?  that had to be comedic relief....along withBUT I REALLY LIKED IT.  Its a good airplane/waiting room/between semesters at college/at the beach read.SEMI SPOILER!!! DO NOT READ IF HINTS TO AN ENDING CAN NEVER BE SUBTLE ENOUGH>>>>Now, one thing I expected did not happen.  It would have been interesting to find (and also predictably so) that the main character's sensei's mother was killed by his sensei, and so on for generations past.