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3.8 AVERAGE

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

vensmith's review

4.5
emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Positivity when times are hard. I think readers of other books like The Tattoist of Auswitz and others will appreciate this book. There were times when the positivity in spite of the misery seemed a bit unbelievable. Some of the characters came across a bit flat.
It was ok, but somehow I was not so emotionally invested in the story. This could be as I had no past knowledge of the internment camps of the Japanese and civilians of the allies or just the story was not easy to connect with.
Did feel somewhat along the lines of the slogan keep strong and carry on…

Poorly written dialogue 

For the first half of this story I was fooled into thinking it wasn’t anywhere near as harrowing as The Tattooist. Foolish me.
I remember watching the TV series Tenko, and thinking at the time that the conditions in the Japanese prison camps were appalling. I also remember admiring the tenacity and spirit of the female inmates who did what they needed to do to survive.
What this story has in addition to that is a sense of family and a spirit of togetherness; there’s compassion amongst the women, rather that conflict.
Despite its subject matter, this is a touching story of hope and optimism. Have your tissues handy.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Books U.K. for the chance to read an ARC. Sisters Under The Rising Sun releases on 28 September.