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Review title: Don't read "Snow Falling On Cedars"
Product review: Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterman is arguably a staple of American literature. I disagree. Set on an island to the north of Puget Sound in Washington, Snow Falling On Cedars is a story of a murder trial of a man of Japanese descent. A story of racism, with examples that persist to this day, some would argue. In reality, it is a novel with little to no believability. Guterman's characters are shallow, and aren't developed throughout the book. Ishmael Chambers, a newspaper editor, is one of these. While supposedly driven by love in Snow Falling On Cedars, he is also a war veteran and yet as evidenced in the final chapters the sense of duty the Armed Forces drive into you is nonexistent. Admittedly, Guterman's story of racism in Washington has merits, including showing the awful effects of racism and the flaws of our judicial system, but these merits do not outweigh the sheer perversity and unbelievability of this novel.
