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A review by cecile87
The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey
3.0
Light stuff. Yes, stereotyping. A bit discomforting as I know what it is like to be judged by the body I’m in in our American race caste system.
Women have a hard way to go in so many cultures, including the Japanese culture. Salarymen have a hard way to go in terms of having to conform—even when it damages their health.
Anyway, my book club read this book to escape US woes, which are very many in 2020: the government, the pandemic, race/caste woes, and where I live, climate change fires.
It took us away from these woes for a bit. So I give it three stars for that. Some parts didn’t make sense, some characters I had to refer to the front to remember who they were. A fair amount of implausibility, but this is a book where one shouldn’t think too hard. I figured out the culprit early on—that person stuck out like a sore thumb. Sometimes funny—certainly escapist fare.
Women have a hard way to go in so many cultures, including the Japanese culture. Salarymen have a hard way to go in terms of having to conform—even when it damages their health.
Anyway, my book club read this book to escape US woes, which are very many in 2020: the government, the pandemic, race/caste woes, and where I live, climate change fires.
It took us away from these woes for a bit. So I give it three stars for that. Some parts didn’t make sense, some characters I had to refer to the front to remember who they were. A fair amount of implausibility, but this is a book where one shouldn’t think too hard. I figured out the culprit early on—that person stuck out like a sore thumb. Sometimes funny—certainly escapist fare.