Comments on: Precarious Japan

By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book

RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:22:53 +0000

I think there are probably many better books out there on Japan that I can find.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:34:52 +0000

Good plan It was more good than bad, but unless you can get it for cheap or are already interested in the topic, I’d recommend giving it a pass.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:26:28 +0000

I think it could be. I thought more of it was well-written and interesting than not and I felt like I learned a lot. I would be most likely to recommend it someone already interested in the topic because it definitely doesn’t achieve the readability of narrative non-fiction throughout.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:24:25 +0000

A glossary would really have helped and again, this was an ARC so maybe that will get better or there will be more explanation of the difficult quotes she included. I’m not entirely sure what audience she was targeting either. It didn’t seem like a textbook thing to me or I wouldn’t have picked it up, but she did seem to be building an argument that rested on a lot of previous dense philosophy which seems academic to me.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:21:12 +0000

It got better when i let myself just give up on getting things after reading a sentence two or three times, haha. And I do think there were more good parts then bad, so I’d certainly recommend giving it a try if you could get it for free or cheap

By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book

RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:16:20 +0000

Hmmm . . . it sounds like if it was written better, it would be one I would enjoy. But I’ll skip it.

By: Allison @ The Book Wheel

Allison @ The Book Wheel — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:48:08 +0000

This sounds really interesting. I’ve been wanting to read some more Asian non-fiction (as a combination of school + fun) and this one might be worth checking out, even though it’s not fantabulous.

By: shayshortt

shayshortt — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:22:55 +0000

This sounds like a very interesting read, so its too bad you found it to be so mixed. I’m not sure what audience they’re targeting, but if this is for general reading, a glossary or something might have been a good idea.

By: bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:52:56 +0000

This does sound interesting but the “sociology speech” would probably be way over my head. Too bad.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:20:19 +0000

It was a bit depressing but it was also fascinating and ended somewhat hopefully, so it’s not depressing enough that I’d avoid it for that reason