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It took me a while to get into this book and not until about a third of the way through did I finally become engaged in the story. In fact, I almost gave up on it. I'm glad I didn't though as once it grabbed me, I couldn't put it down.

I've always had a fascination for Japanese culture which is one of the reasons I persevered. I thought the characters were generally well drawn, especially Sanaa. The plot, as mentioned above, dragged a bit for me as I felt too much time was spent on the romance and sword fighting training, and it all felt a bit direction-less until there were hints of Sanaa's true identity.

Another reason for the 3 stars were the constant Japanese expressions and terms. Yes, there was a Japanese glossary at the end of the book but it really interrupted the flow of the story to have to flip to that glossary and then back to the plot again, so I gave up after a while and so lost some of the meaning of the conversations.

I liked this book well enough to get the next in the series and will see how that goes.


Tags : Removed (The Nogiku Series) (Volume 1) [S J Pajonas] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The year is 3103, and the Earth is dying. One of the last remaining pockets of survivors are preparing for the inevitable future --  they either find a way off the planet or be left behind to die. Sanaa Griffin is ripped from the job she always loved and reassigned to work for the mysterious Mark Sakai. Her task: spy on the corrupt leaders of the city who are playing politics and pulling strings in the hopes of earning a ticket on the next ship leaving a planet now in its final death throes. War looms on the horizon,S J Pajonas,Removed (The Nogiku Series) (Volume 1),Onigiri Press,1940599032,FICTION Romance Science Fiction,FICTION Science Fiction Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,Fiction - Romance,FictionScience Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,Romance,Romance - Science Fiction

Removed The Nogiku Series Volume 1 S J Pajonas 9781940599038 Books Reviews

Perhaps what I liked best about this book is the interesting way the future was portrayed. Post-apocalyptic tales often provide readers with fascinating, beautiful new worlds to explore, but this story went farther, by moving beyond simply a destroyed landscape to imagining the political and cultural boundaries of tomorrow.

The version of this book that I read included a significant amount of Japanese, and the author has indicated much of the dialogue with the Japanese is being re-done. I honestly am not sure how I feel about this -- although the amount was at first overwhelming, the language for sure helped to immerse me in Sanaa's world. Thinking back, there really isn't much detail describing a lot of the general surroundings, but I never noticed this as I was reading. There are over-arching descriptions about the layouts of the communities, and some very well-done details of places like the Dead Belt. However, the world-building is accomplished much more through the language, the characters, and their cultural communities.

I had two somewhat major issues with the ideologies presented within the story. First, a part of Sanaa's new role is described as helping to ensure that all people, japanese and non-japanese alike are unified and that humanity as a species is maintained. Yet, there is little to no time spent in the novel on any of these non-japanese, the new minority. Secondly, and perhaps in a related way, I struggled with the concept that a continuation of a monarchy would be the solution to a failing government system. Perhaps I could have bought into this if there was more discussion of how the current government did/didn't work (ie how laws were passed, enforced, etc) and how Sanaa would help to maintain and/or change these systems... but the focus was simply on ensuring that certain clans would not gain power.

Overall, the story itself was entertaining and the characters were likable. They weren't characters I could easily relate to, but they had personality, and I cared what happened to them. Some of the details, like the setting being actually in what used to be Canada, were really helpful to me since I didn't have a lot of other ways to identify with the characters in the book. It's a good book - but it didn't leave me purchasing book 2 immediately.
slow to start and hate to say this but i am a people person no long description on scenery. Loved the fact that she used Jamanese history and festivals in the book and especially loved the fact ot the Japanese terminology brought memories of when i was a child and lived there in1958-61 and the places out maid took us to whereever there was a festival in the area. Many fond memories. loved the interaction beteen the characters (Jiro, Sakai and Sanaa) and the complexity of the characters. remembered the violence of the clans and the damage they did. she did justice to it and told it like it was no beating aroud the bush. love the fact that Jiro knowing they can never be married and why didnt push her or guilt her but acceppted it and still loved her and even tho it was his job how protective he was of her and that he taught her how to protct herself.

wish there had been more about her aunts and why her grandfather was so mean to them it would have been interesting to see his and there side of the story. The ending was shocking as well as the fact that she was the last inheirator to the Chysanthemum throne. i remeber studing it in school

I also have the Chronicles looking forward to reading it also as well as the rest of the series and her other books

Other reviewers complained about the Japanes glossary and i felt that it made the story better. some words i didn remember but many of them i did and they brought back so many memories of the people i met and who taught me the language. liked the fact that even thogh people congregated with their own kind that their was unity and not hatred the only antogonist was the Japanese Clans and i don't think they will ever change. Frankly i would leave them on Earth and save lots of grief and death.

i was 14 when we came home and was stationed at Mather AFB in Sacremento and i had the best most beautiful had made ward in Junior High. i had silks, raw silks etc and the seamstress made sure they were all up to date. lol I wa styling
It took me a while to get into this book and not until about a third of the way through did I finally become engaged in the story. In fact, I almost gave up on it. I'm glad I didn't though as once it grabbed me, I couldn't put it down.

I've always had a fascination for Japanese culture which is one of the reasons I persevered. I thought the characters were generally well drawn, especially Sanaa. The plot, as mentioned above, dragged a bit for me as I felt too much time was spent on the romance and sword fighting training, and it all felt a bit direction-less until there were hints of Sanaa's true identity.

Another reason for the 3 stars were the constant Japanese expressions and terms. Yes, there was a Japanese glossary at the end of the book but it really interrupted the flow of the story to have to flip to that glossary and then back to the plot again, so I gave up after a while and so lost some of the meaning of the conversations.

I liked this book well enough to get the next in the series and will see how that goes.