A review by 4kids4me
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris

2.0

I should have stopped early on when I first laughed at the cheesy descriptions of affection between the two main characters. I knew then that the book was probably not going to be that appealing, but it was an easy enough read so I continued on. I realize I'm one of the few here to dislike the book and am truly surprised so many give it five stars, but I reserve five stars for truly incredible books, and this falls way short. For one, the characters as well as the relationships between them are never really developed. The father of two of the characters is in some sort of nursing home at the beginning of the book and though it is explained how he ended up there, you never know what is actually wrong with him! There were several other things that bothered me, but in the end, if I were going to recommend a novel that deals with how Japanese-Americans were treated during WWII, read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. That's an excellent novel.