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A review by kmspedden
The Spirit of the Dragon by William Andrews
4.0
Wow so much happens in this book. Honestly I had no idea it was part of a series until I looked up the book online and saw that it was but it’s the perfect standalone. Having Anna and the comb be a connection but take a backseat is the perfect way to weave the story that focused on things that most people don’t know about. WWII is a huge topic for novels but you don’t usually get one from the Far East. It also makes a point to say that no one had heard about Unit 731 and the atrocities they did during the war and that’s true in real life. I had never heard of that and I’m a huge WWII buff. So having this focus so heavily on people that seem to be largely ignored in the historical fiction genre was amazing.
Yes sometimes it got a bit wordy or would ‘blah blah’ through years worth of time but I was still so wrapped up in the story that I couldn’t put it down. I honestly want to read the other two books in the series after reading this one and I’m glad the cover caught my attention and I requested it from NetGalley. It’s a powerful story even if the constant changes between names (which was true for the time that Korean’s were given Japanese names that they had to answer to) was a bit confusing at times. Plus the twist in the end of what truly happened to the man in the Nursing home was fantastic 100% would recommend.
Yes sometimes it got a bit wordy or would ‘blah blah’ through years worth of time but I was still so wrapped up in the story that I couldn’t put it down. I honestly want to read the other two books in the series after reading this one and I’m glad the cover caught my attention and I requested it from NetGalley. It’s a powerful story even if the constant changes between names (which was true for the time that Korean’s were given Japanese names that they had to answer to) was a bit confusing at times. Plus the twist in the end of what truly happened to the man in the Nursing home was fantastic 100% would recommend.