One Thousand and One Nights, Vol. 5 (v. 5) (Paperback)

by JinSeok Jeon (Author), SeungHee Han (Author)

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Product Description
Sultan Shahryar and Sehara escape from the palace! On the road, they meet two other runaways - a girl named Aisha and her tutor Alex. Aisha and Alex are in love, but her parents object to their union. When Aisha's father sends some men to capture them, the Sultan has to decide whether to help them or turn them in...

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Yen Press (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759528756
• ISBN-13: 978-0759528758
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #306,780 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Chapter in a Great Series, October 7, 2008

By	Fiona Jallings "I Lam Edhellen" (Montana, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an anomaly. The series is fantastic. This book however... it's like a filler episode. There's no real conflict. Instead, the writer listed a bunch of innuendo. And the story that Sehara tells is pointless and boring. It's just some rich, bratty pretty-boy trying to get into Socrates' pants (or rather, his tunic). It has nothing to do with the little plot happening in the book. Even the author, in her author notes, points out what she wrote was just filler, and that the innuendo was there because yaoi sells.

I'm disappointed. The series is great as it is. The Shounen Ai was nice while it wasn't the center of the story. I wasn't looking for porn; I was looking for inspiring tales from myth, history, and folklore. Stopping the crazy misogynist king from killing your sister is a good story. Let's go back to that!

So, my advice to browsers: Buy the first four, and keep reading the rest of the series. The author seemed apologetic in her author note. Pretend that this book does not exist. Do not let it tarnish your enjoyment of the series as a whole. (And let us hope she didn't get filler on the sixth volume!)

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice break..., November 19, 2008

By	A. Dumonchelle (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I actually quite enjoyed this volume. It was a nice break from all the seriousness, and a happy moment in a series of rather depressing, but very well done stories. The story in this book is cut off, incomplete, as it's supposed to be finished in the following book, but I doubt very much it was the beginning to something pointless, and may be a little hasty to say so. True it's much more lighthearted than the rest of the story so far, but once again, it was very enjoyable, and a buffer, I'm sure, to much more serious plots, stories and overall volumes to come. Of course, if you didn't want the gay love to happen, then perhaps you should skip this volume, as it is heavier on the romantic innuendo.