InfinityLtd Wrote:WARNING: Here there be spoilers! Arrrrr, matey!
I'm a little over halfway through BLACK WIND (the Japanese fleet is about to hit Pearl Harbor), and I am really enjoying it so far. It took me a few pages to catch the rhythm on the narrator changes (going from first- to third-person). I've always been interested in this period of history, but I'm really waiting to see what changes are wrought by the presence of the Kakureta Kao (oh, I hope I spelled that right--I was too lazy to pull out the book and look it up).
I feel sorry for the choice that Meiko has before her: to stay with Frank or go back to Japan with Matsuo. Neither one seems particularly happy since no matter who she stays with, she's going to hurt the other. I hope she ends up happy--poor kid deserves it.
Okay, back to reading once lunchtime rolls around.
Hi, IfinityLTD
About one years ago, I finished read this book. You're right, this novel is awesome.
You mentioned characters name, Meiko. Well, we(Japanese) pronunciation her name is Akiko. In Japanese edition, her name is "明子". and Matsuo is "松男". But a........perhaps, in this case, Japanese translator was wrong. Meiko is "芽衣子", But I don't know why, her name translated "明子".