A review by kaynieset
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

3.0

A story of the Japanese Internment during WWII, shown through the eyes of both the young and old Henry. The young Henry struggles to understand why they are taking away his beloved Keiko. The older Henry struggles to come to terms with how he let her get away and how his father shaped and continues to shape his life, as well as his own relationship to his son. This book had a predictable ending and would have benfitted by the author taking a strong stance either for or against the internment. The book reads a little wishy-washy at times as far as what the author is trying to say about the internment. Logically, I knew he was against it, but the book doesn't give the true grittiness of the situation to make the reader really feel it.