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Title: Neither history nor fiction
Review: This book was introduced to me as good historical fiction. It is neither good history nor good fiction. This book seems to be written by a person smitten by Japanese culture. The author seems to be so interested in talking about the culture that he forgets to build a story with depth and meaning. While the main characters have some depth, the rest seem to be more caricatures than real people. The plot line is all too predictable and offers no surprises.
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