I’ve discovered about shogun recently when the new film trailer dropped, I instantly was interested as I’m hooked on Japanese culture and learning actively Japanese.

The book was a fire, intense, stressful to read, dramatic and tragic but also partially satisfying with a dry aftertaste.

It’s so strange that I didn’t know that there was a book based on William Adam’s life although a lot of fiction in shogun still it highlights a lot William’s life, what I found satisfying is that in reality William Aka Anjin-san didn’t loose his lover as ( spoiler alert) he did loose Mariko in the book, that was a shocking twist, and the twist of toronaga who had burnt Erasmus in order to keep the barbarian in Japan, I’ve rarely cried over a book, but I’ve been crying for quite a long time on this boon.

Now I’m filled with sadness as such a wonderful book came to it’s end.

  • ZeusJuice84@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I tried reading this and as much as I enjoyed what I did read, I just can’t remember all the characters. It felt like there were so many. Do people make notes?

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      1 year ago

      It might help but eventually I got everyone squared away as I read. Having names not your native tongue makes it a fair bit harder to remember them all.