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A review by jmoses
Estados Unidos de Japón by Peter Tieryas
3.0
This was....weird. The story has a simple premise, "what if the Japan conquered the US during WW2", and I think the execution of that was pretty good. The overall state of society reflects a fairly believable view of what could have happened.
With that said, I'm not sure if I really like this book or not. I didn't like any of the major characters, and I actively disliked Akiko. The actual writing though, was marvelously lyrical at many points. I feel like the author would have a good run writing something a bit more literary; a bit more poetic.
I probably won't ever read this again, and if it's the start of series, I will actively avoid it.
With that said, I'm not sure if I really like this book or not. I didn't like any of the major characters, and I actively disliked Akiko. The actual writing though, was marvelously lyrical at many points. I feel like the author would have a good run writing something a bit more literary; a bit more poetic.
I probably won't ever read this again, and if it's the start of series, I will actively avoid it.