Title: a grand disappointment
Product review: Before embarking on these 1100 torturous pages, be warned that though this may be an epic, is is certainly not a classic. The writing is very turgid and, what's worse, irritating as hell! I lost count how many times the word 'truculent' - obviously Clavell's favorite adjective - was used The direct translation of Blackthorne's broken Japanese is irritating and, as others have pointed out, just plain wrong. And please, scrap the one sentence description of every character we meet along the way...."he had three teeth and leathery skin"...."buck teeth and bulging eyes"....blah blah....believe me, it'll drive you nuts.Life's short and time is precious - don't waste it on this bloated monstrosity.
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