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Kathleen Kelley asked this question about The Japanese Lover:
Has anyone who has read this book also read Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet? This sounds like a similar story...just wondering if it is?
Natalie I loved Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet but did not like this one much at all. I thought it had too many smaller, unrelated plots (such as chi…moreI loved Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet but did not like this one much at all. I thought it had too many smaller, unrelated plots (such as child pornography and the AIDS epidemic of the 80"s) and the characters just floated through life without much depth. (less)
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The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
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