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Der Feuerkimono Sano Ichirōs Dreizehnter Fall (2010)

by Laura Joh Rowland(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3404164571 (ISBN13: 9783404164578)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Bastei Lübbe

series

Sano Ichiro

review 1: I lived in Japan for 5 months once. Even though the author claims to be the grandchild of Korean and Chinese immigrants, I still feel like this book is a very Americanized recreation of Judge Dee stories. There are many things historically accurate about this book; Tokugawa references, bakufu government, how Shinto shrines are arranged and well, how quickly old Japanese cities would burn due to the type of wood they used to build their houses before alternate materials were introduced. What I found that didn't fit with the rest of this book was how women acted...even though I'm a woman myself, haha. I though the way Rowland has her Japanese women act was much too outspoken for Japanese women in the Meiji era (especially the noble women).Anyway, the book was just ok. Nothin... moreg incredibly stunning, just ok.
review 2: I picked up this audiobook at the library on a whim since it looked interesting. It was. The plot was interesting and fast moving. The characters were not as fully developed as one might like, about typically so for a murder mystery. I know very little about Japanese history and it was also interesting from a cultural standpoint. Unfortunately, it was number 13 in the series so I need to go back and start with the first one. less

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