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Ninja (Mass Market Paperback)

by Eric Van Lustbader (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 509 pages
  • Publisher: Fawcett Books; Reprint edition (Nov 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0449209164
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449209165
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 3.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 312,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent blend of action and suspense!! Read it!, 24 Jan 2001
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This review is from: The Ninja (A Panther book) (Paperback)
I don't normally read books as I find it hard to get a decent story nowadays, but Mr Lustbader has delivered the goods. Especially if ninjitsu and the orient are your cup of tea! From the start it cut's right into a bit of action and suspense. The way the book is written keeps you wondering right till the end without disappointing. If you want something with a difference then read this book!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well Written, but for adults, 7 Oct 2007
By M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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Nicholas Linnear is stuck between two worlds, half Caucasian, half Asian. We get a very good feel of Post-War Japanese feelings to non-Japanese and how life was for them there. An intelligent man who wishes to study bujutsu. And is only allowed to because if his cousin, Saigo, who does not like him.

And before you think there is not fighting, not so. There is a Ninja after Linnear, and the fight scene is written well. Showing the clash of eastern and western thought.

There are some explicit sex scenes, including a rape. A little too much for me, but I guess the story needs it so you can see how evil one of the antagonist is. Other then that, this is a very good read. If sex scenes were better edited or reduced I would have given the book 5 stars.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Ninja - Review, 16 Jun 2003
This review is from: The Ninja (Paperback)
The Ninja is possibly my favourite novel. It's essentially the story of two men locked together in a death-struggle that resonants from the past, their shared culture (Eastern, but with the enroaching threat of Western) and into the present.
It's Lustbader's best novel; never again will he write with such force and power (Black Heart comes close, but he can't match this). The terrible, inexorable bond between Nicholas and his adversary is believable and their characters are drawn with consummate skill.
It's also a novel that conveys the power and potentiality of ninjutsu very well indeed; Lustbader's obviously done his research. Take some of the scenes with a pinch of salt - the infiltration of the skyscraper, for example - but the hand-to-hand combat and fight scenes are superb.
There's too much sex in the novel, but it seems to me that Lustbader is trying to convey a sense of human behaviour and purpose tied up with sexuality. It's Nicholas' relationship with Yukio, a highly sexual girl, that forms the crux of his bond with his enemy; all of the characters are bound up by sex in some way that either undoes them or speaks volumes about their personality (Nicolas's relationship with Justine; his enemy being located through the young male prostitutes he uses). Lustbader creates a pervasive atmosphere of sex and violence that makes for an incredibly powerful, tense conclusion.
All in all, it's a superb novel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars FAR EAST HEROES AND VILLANS
This is a good novel, written by someone so immersed into the Far East culture, one has to start thinking a little like a Japanese or a Chinese in order to fully accept and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by NeuroSplicer

3.0 out of 5 stars Ignore sly_tzu 's Review
sly_tzu must be thinking of a different book. I'm not challenging opinion, it's just that the characters and plot she mentions just don't occur in this book, lol.
Published on 22 May 2004 by Ms. E. C. Barral

4.0 out of 5 stars Totally Sweet
Ninjas are some of the coolest mammals on the planet and this book tells us the true life stories straight from their secret training scrolls! Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2003 by sly_tzu

5.0 out of 5 stars EAST MEETS WEST
Mr Lustbaders poetic narrative gets you inside the mythical world of the ninja,you are taken on a non stop roller coaster towards the inevitable conclusion. Read more
Published on 21 July 2002 by ascorah

4.0 out of 5 stars fast paced, and full of action, but perhaps a bit too unreal
I bought this book in 1982 and when i read it through, I thought it was very fast paced and gripping. Read more
Published on 7 May 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Good apart from the plotholes
This is probably the worst book by Mr Lustbader I have read, but it's still good. The book starts off with some deaths, and these deaths are never explained, it's almost as if he... Read more
Published on 26 July 2000 by dk

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and refreshing read
This is a superb book delivered in the ideal style. The story is interesting and the characters feel real. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This gave a fascinating insight into the ways of the ninja and into japanese culture. I found the introductions to the characters very bemusing as it jumped between characters... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2000 by Mr Daniel McLaren

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, involving and thrilling till the end
The best action book I have ever read. The suspense is kept going throughout and the superb blend of sex and death makes for a movie-like experience. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars A Book which dives into martial arts and oriental culture.
The Ninja is a very compelling read, but i believe it will only please a certain type of reader, if your interested in martial arts or oriental culture than this book is for you... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1999

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