prototim 's review for:

Shibumi by Trevanian
4.0
adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Downgrading my old rating by one star. I remember this being a very fun, adventurous and rather macho story but I hadn’t remembered the frequency of the author’s sweeping racial generalities. I think they struck me as humorous when I read this book years ago. Now those generalities just seem like lazy writing.