Bridge of Birds (Master Li and Number 10 Ox #1) ★★★★☆

 

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Title: Bridge of Birds
Series: Master Li and Number 10 Ox #1
Author: Barry Hughart
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 234
Words: 90K

When the wise and venerable Ola (who has one character flaw) reviewed this earlier this year (Her Review Here) it reminded me that it had been almost a decade since I myself had read and reviewed this. Of course, with my Reading Rotation it took me 2/3rds of a year to get around to this again, but like the Wheel of Justice, the Wheel of Bookstooge's Reviews grinds fine and grinds eternally (except when it doesn't, like last month).

I really enjoyed it this time around but almost wish I had left it alone. Last time I gave it 5stars but this time I could only give it 4. That was because the humor was of the variety that only really shotgunned me for the first time. After that, it just wasn't as funny.

The novelty had worn off and while still good, it wasn't as good. I am definitely not tempted to read any of the sequels now. I highly recommend this if you have not read it before though. I can not imagine you would regret reading this.

★★★★☆

• Bridge of Birds (2013 Review)