A review by emjay24
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Did not finish book.

2.0

This book is about women who are brought from Japan to San Francisco in the early 1900s as mail order brides. I live in San Francisco, so I thought this would be very interesting! But... I can't get over the first person plural. It tells the story of group of people, but all at once. Everything is we, some of us, etc. We never get an actual story. I got up to after they land in SF and are married, but it always seemed like, when is the story going to begin? I could not finish it. If you don't mind the style of writing, this would be a great book, but if you are like me and can't get past it, then skip it.