Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Hardcover – February 2, 2016

In the book “ Samurai Rising ”, written by Pamela S. Turner, is a historical biography that takes place during and after the civil war; 1180 - 1185. The most essential characters are not only the son; Yoshitsune. But as well his father; Yoshitomo, the leader of the Minamoto clan. His father was brutally killed by their rival clan known as the Taira. And like all would during this time, Kiyomori; part of the Taira, wanted to kill not only their father but all of his sons as well so he can know the fact that he will never be challenged by his opponent again. Although instead she sends them to a Buddhist temple to be brought up and raised again as peaceful monks. After being sent off he was raised again and throughout his time at the camp he tried to perfect the ways of being a warrior. After he was sent off to a monastery, which he there realized he did inherit his family’s ways of fighting and when he was able to escape and try to fight again did he exceed his challenge?I highly recommend this historical non fiction book to others, these book would be great for others who enjoy when the essential plot of a book is trying to overcome challenges and face their challenges. Pamela S. Turner is an amazing writer and she never forgets to add details within her books. In this book, I love the details she used about the way he grew up in the Buddhists Temple and as well in the Monastery. She as well used exceptional details during the wars, which is great for the reason that what the book is based on. Although she didn’t use a lot of dialogue in the book, which most readers like and it helps them understand more. Overally, I would recommend this book to my fellow peers.

I bought this book when I first noticed G.Hinds. I have a personal collection of several of his visually illustrated books includes Alan Poe, Odyssey and a few others. I enjoy reading his books so I decide to have a try for this one. I started reading this book in a sunny afternoon, with a cup of coffee on the table. I didn't give a high expectation of this book as others G.Hinds' books as he was solely responsible for the drawing part and the author is someone I didn't recognize, but my pre-conception was proven wrong when I open the first page of this book. I was drawn to her glamoured language of depicting fierce war screens and the conflict between his older brother and him. In her writings, Yoshitsune is no longer a fictionalized character living in the legend or other fairy tales, he is a man with a misery childhood, a brave general who dare to execute commands that no one can dare to imagine, and aloyal man to his big brother ending up with a tragedy.I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys JP literature and wants a better understanding of JP history and prominent figures in that period.

Good book, but hard to keep all the characters straight as you begin reading. The author added a list of characters at the beginning of the book and how they are related to each other( mainly the main character), but there are so many of them that unless you are use to the Japanese names, it is hard to keep them all straight.

I tried reading Tales of the Heike with difficulty. This book for young adults is very readible and clear. There are also some reference lists of the characters, places, and other words that come up in the text. There are also some maps, which though simple, well-illustrate places in this historical account. The book is very well-written.

I read this book when I checked out it from the library. It's a great I looking forward to reading it again.

I am disappointed to say that I did not like this book as much as I wanted too. I was excited to read a historical fiction book about history that was not European or American. I was excited to get a glance at Japanese history and culture. I did learn a lot, just not with the excitement I had anticipated. I have a couple issues with the book which makes it slow to read and difficult to get excited by. First off, the narration came from a strange point of view, sometimes it was stating the story. Other times the narrator was relating it to modern day by comparing it to current topics. It was just all over the place and hard to tell if the narrator was an observer from afar but present or completely separate from the story. This gave the book a very disjointed feeling. My second issue was that there was no connection to the characters and it felt like the author did not connect to their story. I did learn a lot from it and found it interesting to learn about the evolution of the Samurai and the history of the Yoshitsune Samurai Rebellion, it was just not engaging. One thing that I did appreciate about the book is the map at the beginning and the character glossary, explaining all of their relations to each other and what the role of each was (as there are a lot of different characters and the family lines get very mixed up). I would recommend it as a good way to learn about Japanese history, just don't expect to be sucked into the story.

I am not at all into murder and mayhem, but I loved the book and could not put it down. I should confess that I purchased the book because the artist is a friend and also because another friend is writing a book connected to 19th century Samurai. I was thoroughly delighted with this book and have shared scans of the cover with several other friends.

I read this book because of a school project but after the first chapter I was immersed into the book wanting to read it every minute of everyday.

Um livro bem legal sobre a vida de um dos samurais mais famosos do Japão. E no final tem tudo anotado sobre quais as fontes utilizadas na pesquisa, locais, etc.Bem legal!

I’ve read many books on Samurai history and they can sometimes be hard going. This, on the other hand, is so well written, clear, and sufficiently exciting to make one keen to keep reading. This is meant to be for young adults, but other than the omission of unnecessary gory detail of self-immolation etc, I can’t distinguish this book from other history books so don’t let that put you off buying this account of the l8fe of Minamoto Yoshitsune.

Historia de Minamoto Yoshitsune y del Japòn de la época narrada de forma magistral. Lectura apasionante e instructiva.

A time which can be considered Japan's game of thrones. A tragic story in many ways. The gold standard for the concept called mono no aware.The author captures all of this and captures it well

The book described as Junior Library, but for me it was eminently suitable for adults. It deals with a very complex and confusing time in the history of Japan. This book cuts through all the confusion to provide a clear description of all the major events. It clarifies the plethora of names, places and battles in a racy and highly paced style. This makes it very readable, though at times I thought the language was a bit too chatty, (hence the loss of a rating star).I have been reading the Japanese masterpiece The Tale of the Haike, which covers the same period as this book. Although beautifully written it is a sprawling, confusing account, mixed in with large paragraphs of prose and poetry. I wish I had read Samurai Rising before reading The tale of the Heike, because it clarified many of the issues that made the ancient text a frustrating and difficult read.After reading this book it is well worth tackling the 780 page masterpieceThere is no doubt that Samurai Rising is a great read!