Gai-Jin

After reading Shogun (a while ago) and Tai-Pan (a shorter while ago) I was not expecting less from Gai-Jin. However, I went into it with as little expectations as possible. If I learned anything from the two previous books is that things can get very complicated very fast and even the most straightforward thing can go seven different ways if not more.

However, I thing Gai-Jin was not as captivating as the other two. It was still very interesting, but not as intriguing. I liked the characters, but I don't have any strong feeling one way or another for either of them. Even so, it was quite fun reading about them and their scheeming.

For such a long book this is all I can say about it. It was a great read, very enjoyable, but not as engaging as the other two.