A review by mkpatter
Gai-Jin by James Clavell

3.0

OK, so this book was on crack in (mostly) the most delightful, soap opera-y way. I pretty much had no idea what was going to happen because ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I want to give this 4 stars but for one thing, and those who have read this book know exactly what I'm talking about -- Angelique/Ori. First of all, let me say that I appreciate how Angelique turned out to be way smarter than anyone would have suspected, which was awesome. But her irresistible vagina DID get kind of annoying. I actually did think the women in this book were pretty well written, and Clavell definitely understands the mindset of both sets of people really well. BUT OMG WAS THAT ORI THING COMPLETELY PROBLEMATIC OR WHAT!? Like, so many problems with that. I won't go into them. Oh and also the ending was really weird and abrupt and weak.