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Alisha Levasseur

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Dlhmoore I too am upset with the ending. Nowhere does she say that she loves this family. I feel the author lied to and misled the reader.

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Rinko To me the ending was very reminiscent of the three-act structure Japanese tragedies that I used to read as a child. It wasn’t a fairytale but it was thought provoking.

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Angela Johnson I don't think it was ever said, what she ended up naming him. One can only assume it was Akira. No other name would have as much impact.

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Rebecca B.

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Lola Either the author intends to write a sequel, or she's a bad writer, or both.

I want to stress that I believe that she can become a better writer because she works hard and has a fertile imagination.

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Joyce Bortnick I think Nori thought she could change the culture, that she could actually change the way people regarded mixed blood. I too, felt disappointed. While I continued to feel compelled to keep reading, hoping for something good to happen, I actually thought Noti was going to experience real joy until her return toJapan. I guess I was hoping for a a fairytale ending which in reality doesn’t happen. I’m still trying to imagine how else the book could have ended. I feel some
hope so perhaps this was the only way it could end. I, too, think a sequel would be wonderful

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Kimberly I finished this last night. and at first was quite disappointed in the ending. I've been thinking about it and the only explanation I have is that through Nori's decision, we are able to see that she had more in common with her Japanese grandmother than the grandmother thought. She treated her like an outcast and segregated her because of her mixed status. What I got from the ending was that in spite of what her grandmother considered as "traitorous blood", she was more like her grandmother that her grandmother could or would admit.

By casting away the man she wanted to marry and allowing the family to pick a husband for her she was showing her likeness and deeply rooted, ingrained loyalty to the family.

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Jill If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.
- Richard Rohr

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Cindy

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Yoshika It's sad, isn't it? I was also frustrated by the ending but not all stories end in a happily ever after. I agree with others who say Nori was motivated by duty.

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