A very good read | Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel

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	• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel David Guterson Vintage, 1995 - 460 pages average customer review:based on 712 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Lot to Like

This is a wonderful novel about a murder trial on an island off Washington state in the 1950s. All at once a murder mystery (complete with forensics), a period novel, a culture/history novel (Japanese-Americans and their WWII internment are key figures/events in the story), a geographical novel (weather/land/water play a big part) and a star-crossed love story, Guterson manages to blend it all together with an easy grace. But mainly the theme is human nature under crisis, about which Guterson provides a lot of insight. My only quibble is with an opening chapter that spends a little too much time setting the physical scene (the "snow falling on cedars"). I found this part to be slow going, and it might discourage some readers from continuing.

I highly recommended "Snow Falling on Cedars" to readers of all ages. Teenagers may especially appreciate the book as the protagonist/narrator is a journalist looking back on his life as a youth and teen.

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A very good read

I have read hundreds of books, mostly historical fiction, history and autobiography. This is one of the best fiction books I've read in a long time. My only regret is I didn't read it earlier. It is definitely not for the light reader or someone who can't emerse themselves into the story, back-story, and characters.

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I'm young so I didn't watch the movie when I was little. Saw the book in B&N and it caught me eye. I didn't want to have to pay the 20 bucks for it though, so I bought it here and it was a great read. Had some slow parts, but definitely recommend the book. And it arrived in a couple of days. Very fast shipping!

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Great story, characters, and writing

What a great book. Guterson combines WWII, Japanese-American culture during that period, internment/racism, youthful and unrequeted love, and much more into a mystery. At the center is a reporter who is following a murder trial on an Island in NW Washington State post WWII. The reporter is a former Marine who lost his arm in the war fighting the Japanese; and he was in love with the suspect's (a Japanese fisherman whose family lost their farm during internment to the family of the victim) wife. Having never been to the Pacific Northwest, Guterson's wonderful writing brought the area alive to me. I found nothing in this book disappointing; the characters, the story, the writing, all excellent.

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A phenomenal West Coast bestseller, winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and an Abby Award nominee, this enthralling novel is at once a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, the story of a doomed love affair, and a stirring meditation on place, prejudice, and justice. "Finely wrought, flawlessly written."--The New York Times Book Review.