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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?
Sandi I am also going to agree with Natalie. I loved Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. That beautifully detailed a similar historical period but with…moreI am also going to agree with Natalie. I loved Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. That beautifully detailed a similar historical period but with much fuller formed characters in the central love story that really engaged you. As I wrote in my review , I felt we lost the title character, the Japanese Lover, once he became an adult so I felt it was harder to connect with that love story, which is just the opposite with Hotel....(less)
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The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
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