A review by wassir13
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

My dad fought in New Guinea during WWII.  He talked about it sparingly. Fingerbone is a snippet of that campaign from a Japanese soldier’s point of view, sad, intense, a literary work rather than a typical war novel. Now I know why my father didn’t talk much about the experience.