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A review by wassir13
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
My dad fought in New Guinea during WWII. He talked about it sparingly. Fingerbone is a snippet of that campaign from a Japanese soldier’s point of view, sad, intense, a literary work rather than a typical war novel. Now I know why my father didn’t talk much about the experience.