I really enjoyed the first three Sano Ichiro books. This fourth novel? I'm not really sure what this was. The new characters, specifically Reiko, did not work for me. Reiko was a spoiled brat. All we were missing was a good foot stomping.You would like to see a little bit of development from existin...
Finally dipping the toe in. If i had realized I was reading book 11, I would have looked for book 1. Some of the reviews indicated the series started going downhill. If the previous ones are better than this, I'll be reading them. 305 pages, $3.00
I JUST finished this and I'll be back with a full review, but I wanted to add some notes. TW: Transphobia, Rape, Pedophlia, Suicide, --At first I was impressed with how0 they kept using someone's preferred pronouns. Then the situation took a nasty turn. It was disturbing how the character's started ...
I JUST finished this and I'll be back with a full review, but I wanted to add some notes. TW: Transphobia, Rape, Pedophlia, Suicide, --At first I was impressed with how0 they kept using someone's preferred pronouns. Then the situation took a nasty turn. It was disturbing how the character's started ...
People say that playing video games is a complete waste of tell. Well, let me tell you, I found an instance where playing video games wasn't a waste of time. Instead of struggling to figure out how to pronounce Japanese names while reading this book, I was able to breeze through names like they we...
What I liked:1) The setting--Nagasaki in the 1600s, at a time when Japan was beginning to have trade relations with the Western world. This allowed for the exploration of some interesting tension between the Japanese and the Dutch traders, and Laura Joh Rowland did a great job of highlighting and ex...
I found Bundori to be a frustrating book, but not because of the writing, or the story, or the plot points. It was frustrating because Sano was frustrated by Bushido, the set of principles, traditions, and customs that samuari were expected to adhere to. Sano's investigation was hampered by Bushid...
Wow.... What a marvelous book! Talk about culture shock! Talk about world-building! Talk about complex, multi-faceted plotting! I'm not even sure I can describe this book! It's set in Japan during the Edo period, so everything is very rigid. Filial duty, honor, and service to one's master a...
Source: Library Language: German (Original Language: English) Original Title: Shinju I love everything Japanese (I even lived there for a year), so I thought this would be epic win for me. It has Edo-period Japan (set in first year of Genroku or 1688) and a samurai police detective, so what could ...
I’m still a loyal reader of Sano Ichiro novels. I love them. I love the mystery, the political intrigue and how Sano is always dangling by the thread but manages to save the day but there’s always something looming around the corner where he’ll be dangling by a thread again. This one was good, lo...
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