Here is a review left by a customer on a product. Would you say he was satisfied or dissatisfied?
Title: Skip This One
Review: I hated this book. It was a chore to finish it. With the exception of Heavenlight, who eventually became Empress, then Emperor, all the characters were bland and blurred into each other. And just as soon as you thought you had learned a character's name, and his relationship to Heavenlight, she had him executed for plotting to overthrow her. I couldn't begin to count how many characters were assassinated or ordered to commit suicide. Speaking of counting, there were lists upon lists detailing how many courtesans of each type there were in the Emperor's gynaeceum (10,000!), and how many family members, officials, soldiers and servants there were in a procession (100,000!). Some of the descriptions were quite beautiful, but it wasn't enough to overcome the plodding pace of the book. Skip this one.
