What if your soul mate isn’t encountered once in a lifetime but once in millennia?
From the unique imagination of the author o... read full description
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Jan 02, 2012
Hazel
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I think this may be my first review on Goodreads, but I thought as I've just finished this book it would be fresh in my mind. First of all I thought this was rather good for a first novel. An intriguing mixed bag of a plot, and quite unique in it's genre. In fact what genre is this? Is it romance, adventure, historical fiction, contemporary, spiritual fiction? It's a tricky one to label. For that alone I like it's individual quality. As a story in three parts I think it works really well. Each
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Jul 03, 2009
Teresa
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When my son handed me this book, he said you could tell it was the author's first novel and that if I had something better to read (always the case, of course), not to bother. But since we'd read Suzuki's other books, I decided to read this one, since I like to see how a novelist develops. Here, you can see concepts and themes emerging that he uses to greater effect in his later novels.
It's an okay, though very flawed, book. I esp. liked part 2 (compulsive reading in that section More...
It's an okay, though very flawed, book. I esp. liked part 2 (compulsive reading in that section More...
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Jan 21, 2010
Zee
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A unique love story that spans centuries. Two lovers are separated on the wild steppes of Mongolia, yet their undying love wanders the unknown parts of the world, only to meet again thousands of years later incarnated in the bodies of two strangers.
This novel shows a side of Suzuki that is little known. His writing of love is that of high, spiritual immortality. In 'Paradise', Suzuki teaches us a thing or two about soulmates. He allows us to travel from one moment in time to the next More...
This novel shows a side of Suzuki that is little known. His writing of love is that of high, spiritual immortality. In 'Paradise', Suzuki teaches us a thing or two about soulmates. He allows us to travel from one moment in time to the next More...
Aug 11, 2011
Only Koji Suzuki's genius mind can conjure such story line. I'm a great fan of the Author but I'm not sure that I could say the same thing about the book. Though divided in to 3 different connecting stories, Part 1 is what I enjoyed the most. Writing Love stories may not be his forte but his unusual thinking manifested how a good love story is not always a boy meets girl scenario. Whilst reading this book I found myself asking whether such great love is possible, something that lasts through
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Feb 18, 2011
Noel
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PROS: The entire plot should feel like a conceit, but it was marvelously executed. Sweeping, romantic, unpredictable. You see where it's going, but not how it'll line things up to get you there. The three stories and their characters feel hauntingly real and relatable.
CONS: There is a bit of a psychic element in the third story that feels like a plotting compromise, but it's so brief that it doesn't derail everything.
CONS: There is a bit of a psychic element in the third story that feels like a plotting compromise, but it's so brief that it doesn't derail everything.
Oct 12, 2011
Bellbomb
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I first encountered this author from The Ring series (translated into Thai, since my knowledge of Japanese is so poor). I used to think The Ring was his best work, but after I read this novel, I changed my mind. They are both great in their genre, but somehow I find Paradise to be more gratifying.
Aug 05, 2011
M.
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It seems like it was written by a different guy (it was written before his Ring trilogy), but it certainly wasn't bad... God knows I've read worse. He should stick to horror, though, I think. You could describe this as...romance written by someone who doesn't typically write romance.
Apr 14, 2009
Stuart
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A fairly good read, but also fairly preposterous, coincidence-laden, half-baked characters, etc.
Mar 01, 2008
Mary
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This mystical story starts out in the prehistoric Asia, then goes to the South Pacific in the late 1700's and ends in New York in the 1990's, It follows the genetic link through the centuries--interesting.
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