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Trish
May 08, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction
Read this having watched the TV series a couple of years before, and probably enjoyed the book more. I was engaged by the characters and enjoyed the historical context and setting.
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Jaime
Nov 06, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: read-2010, japan, historical-fiction, historical-1600s
If you’ve never read this, I highly recommend it. It’s definitely a major time-investment (it took me over 3 weeks to read), but well worth it. Clavell has created an intricate portrait of early 17th century Japan, from the perspective of both insiders and outsiders. And you learn almost immediately that the man could certainly write an action scene. I know very little about ships, but I could picture this perfectly:

He exerted all his strength as the rudder bit into the torrent. The whole ship s ...more
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Celeste
Aug 27, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio-book
Good heavens-this audiobook took me three months to read. Amazing audio reader-he gets 5 stars. I enjoyed the history and cultural elements of Japan and I fell in love with Blackthorne as he navigated a new country and tried to understand the culture. The ending was eh but the story is not really about the ending-more the journey. Epic and I can see why my mom and dad loved it so much. Note-there is some sexual content and violence.
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Ketutar Jensen
Jan 20, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: series
I read it first time when I was 10-11. In Finnish. This time in English. It was a quite different experience. I had forgotten most of it.
But, it's good, I think. ...more
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Brett Dewey
Jan 13, 2008 rated it really liked it
Jennifer
Jul 07, 2008 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Dec 01, 2008 marked it as to-read
Heather
Jun 08, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own, paperback
Gaijinmama
Oct 11, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
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Crystal
Apr 20, 2010 rated it really liked it
Brittany Gillis
Nov 02, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: part-of-a-series, asia
Jennifer AM
Aug 30, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2015
Tanya
Jun 27, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Prashant
Jun 01, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jocelyn
Aug 05, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: authors-to-read
Ann
Jan 24, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Joan
Sep 02, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Graceann
Aug 23, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fx-audio-tbr
Jen
Jul 22, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Anne
Aug 01, 2024 marked it as to-read
Beverly
Apr 30, 2025 marked it as to-read
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