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

5.0

What an absolutely amazing and unforgettable novel. I have read and studied many things relating to the Japanese leading up to their forced time in internment camps in the US, but this is by far the best one yet. To have so many different stories that appear on the service to be so unique, but ultimately all have a single common thread that runs through them all. The author has done an amazing job at taking all of the different unknown characters and giving them enough life that any reader would feel compassion and sympathy for what they have had to experience.