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A review by krobison8032
Up From the Sea by Leza Lowitz
3.0
This is a hard book for me to rate. It was beautifully written and personally evoked a lot of emotion, particularly during the first section when the earthquakes and tsunami were taking place.
I wasn't a huge fan of the parallels and comparisons with 9/11, and some of the choices during the concluding stanzas. If this had been written by a Japanese person of their own experience during the events I may not have felt this way, but toward the end it felt a little trite. When the author didn't personally experience the tremendous loss being depicted, it feels wrong to wrap it up in a pretty bow.
I wasn't a huge fan of the parallels and comparisons with 9/11, and some of the choices during the concluding stanzas. If this had been written by a Japanese person of their own experience during the events I may not have felt this way, but toward the end it felt a little trite. When the author didn't personally experience the tremendous loss being depicted, it feels wrong to wrap it up in a pretty bow.