When lending the book, I would exhort the reader-to-be to read at least the first 300 pages, as it really takes that much reading to appreciate the characters, the setting and the story line. I lent my copy to so many family members and friends that I had to purchase another (second-hand) copy for my collection as the original copy fell apart! I first read Shogun in 1977 and have read it at least three times since then, maybe four. This what I applaud the book for, its action. I will also say that the main love story is a good one(but I have problems with it, if you read it you will find out). You would think after awhile it would get boring but surprisingly the author keeps you entertained most of the time. The novel for it’s size wasn’t a hard or slow read. How is that civilized? It’s just me complaining here, don’t pay no attention to me.Įnough of the complaining from me, the good parts. You have to take in account that Samurai were allowed to murder or rape anyone below their class. I would say that the author did put effort into it but its only prevalent theme was that “We are more civilized than we seem, actually no! We are way more civilized than you. It’s nothing more than adventure story and it has no literary merit. I don’t get that feeling at all from the book. To be honest I don’t think it made me want to go study or see more Japanese culture. This had supposedly a big affect on the Western part of the world and made us interested in Japanese culture. Everybody is saying they loved it? Well.I didn't.
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