A review by nataliekilgo
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

5.0

Wow. So sad. I liked the format of the book, and how the author always spoke in “we’s”, it meant that we could see many different experiences of Japanese women; some good, some bad, and some in between. I haven’t learned much about the Japanese-American experience during this point of time, and it made me really sad for the way many of them were treated. I was a bit unsure about ending the book with a chapter from the white perspective, but it was interesting to see how they reacted - were they pretending to care? Did the care at first, but not very much? Did they only care about them bc they made themselves invisible? Very thought provoking. I would definitely recommend this. I learned a lot!