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Title: Too much perversion to be entertaining.
Review: Rowland obviously knows Japan well. Her story could be a real winner--exotic, intriguing, unique. However, she has gone too far. She has infused the story with sensationalist descriptions of various perversions, whether to make it easier for the reader to loathe the antagonist, or who knows what. After a fashion the story irritates the sensibilities more than it entertains. I quit reading with less than 100 pages to go. My wife was reading Bundori as I read Shinju, and she came to the same conclusion independent of any input from me. Try again, Ms. Rowland. Adultery and murder are evil enough deeds for your villains; they don't need to go on to pedophilia or sadism.
