Book: The Poet Empress
Author: Shen
Tao
Pages: 400
Date(s)
Read: May 12th, 2026 to July 2nd, 2026
Date
Published: January 20th, 2026
Rating: 3/5
Genre: Asian Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Characters: 3/5
Writing style: 4/5
Story: 3/5
Ending: 4/5
Cover: 3/5
Format: Hard Cover
Date Bought: January 31st, 2026
Book Cost: $23.12
Review:
The Poet
Empress is a beautiful and moving story, but it is by no means a fun or
enjoyable read.
In the Poet
Empress a poor village girl named Wei becomes the bride to Terren, a true
terror of a prince. As he tortures his bride, maims servants, and kills animals
she learns to read so she can write the ultimate poem that will be able to kill
him.
I found Wei
desperately wanting, she didn't feel three dimensional at all. We never truly
get to know her, her inner thoughts, her goals, her likes and dislikes. She is
a shell of a person. Other characters such as Maro are similar. Terren, the
villain, feels like the closest we get to knowing a character and even that
lacks a kind of authenticity.
That being
said it is a well written and beautiful story. The ending was lovely. This
wasn't a bad book but I felt myself really wanting more out of it, especially
after all the hype surrounding it.
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