Aimee Lowe’s Reviews > The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet > Status Update

While I'm enjoying this book, I'm getting increasingly annoyed by the religious agenda the author seems to have. All the "good guys" are Christians or non-believers in Shinto & Buddhism. Dutchmen in Japan are all portrayed as scallywags & it subtly blames that on Christianity being forbidden in Japan. Shinto & Buddhism are always portrayed as bad or even evil. A little balance would be nice.