TomeAlone reviewed Shōgun by James Clavell (Asian Saga, #1)
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4 stars
It takes 600 pages to get interesting, is really good for another 600, then just ends. Weird.
998 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2009 by Delta Trade Paperbacks.
Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.
Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.
It takes 600 pages to get interesting, is really good for another 600, then just ends. Weird.