I did enjoy this book. it started off at a decent pace oh, and it kept my interest throughout. At times I felt the voice narration was stifled a bit with its inflections, but I feel that if you have an interest in the martial arts culture, particularly from centuries ago , you will enjoy this book and I do recommend it. I did not give it five stars just based on my own personal thoughts about what a good story is, but I cannot point out anything in particular that would stand others away