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Review title: no stars is what i would really give
Product review: This book was lent to me by a friend who's sister read it for a History class at college. She loved it and her sister loved it too, but unfortunately I cannot see what is so special about it. I think the book tries to be about the unfair treatment of Japanese Americans and their internment. I think it also tries to be about the differences in culture, tradition, values, and social behavior between the Japanese Americans and the people of San Piedro Island and the difficulties caused by these differences. However, I don't think that the book actually achieves either of these goals (assuming that is what Guterson wanted to achieve). In it's place is a very flimsy book taking on important issues and wrapping them up in a half-hearted love /murder/war story that never really goes anywhere. The book left me with a feeling of 'yes, i have managed to read the whole of it, but no, i don't think it made me think about anything in particular-what a waste of time. '
