CompleteMartialArts.com - The Pearl Diver (Massey, Sujata)
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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
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The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award–winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into the Washington DC restaurant world. A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start bring antiques dealer and sometime sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, DC. But just as she's starting to settle down –catching up with a long–lost cousin and undertaking a lucrative commission furnishing a trendy Japanese restaurant nearby – things begin to go haywire. First, her cousin vanishes from the restaurant's opening–night party, and then Rei is drafted to help find a Japanese war bride who disappeared 30 years earlier. The search for both missing women becomes suspiciously linked, and along the way, Rei faces truths about herself that may change her destiny – if she lives long enough.
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Summary: Great book
Comment: This is one in a series of books by Sujata Massey. They are all excellent, each one leaves you wanting to read the next one. The nice thing is they all stand alone as well, you don't need to read the earlier ones to enjoy this one.
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Summary: The Pearl Diver
Comment: I met the author, Sujata Massey, this past summer. She is so interesting and her books are amazing. I have purchased and read all of them. (Waiting for the newest and last one in the series) You are in Japan, with her...she uses the Japanese words when describing, so while you are reading, you are learning. I recommended all her books to my friends and family who have lived in Japan and for those of us who haven't visited as yet. The Pearl Diver is interesting, suspenseful and of course a little romantic, although Rei stays impossibly busy!
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Summary: Very good light reading.
Comment: Rei is such a delightful character that this is a joyful book. Of course, it does not hurt that her Aunt is a delightful character also, and that it has a happy ending. Rei has her career and relationship problems, but she is positive, enterprising, brave, and loyal to her friends. Some aspects of the plot are not entirely plausible, but it is suspenseful. "Pearl Diver" is very good light reading, and I would recommend it over the other Massey I book I read, "Girl in the Box", which is also good. As examples of plot details which bother me: Akiko's step mother apparently does not mind being blackmailed by her own brother; and would her father really be threatened by an admitted perjurer changing his story after so many years?
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Summary: I'm not going to summarize!
Comment: I can't stand when reviewers summarize the plot. Anyway, I am fairly new to the series and unfortunately have read most of them out of order. I enjoy them but there are some things I can't stand and they really came out in this book. Rei is supposed to be American raised with a stint in Japan. She is in her late 20's, early 30's throughout the series. Massey really needs to do her research. At times she has her acting like an old lady and then she has her acting like a 15 year old. Navel piercings are so 10 years ago, yet Rei was shocked about it (by the way it's not done with a gun like at the mall). She has crazy bondage sex but freaks about telling her aunt Norie about living with Hugh. How does this make sense? And does Massey just do a search on Amazon for indie bands to throw in that Rei listens too? Does she even know who these bands are (Rilo Kiley, Death Cab)? And what cool girl would wear vintage Talbots? Why would Rei own a Walkman (hello iPOD)! I can't stand that someone raised in the age of technology would be so computer illiterate and not even now about Ebay. I know, I'm talking about all the books now but Rei's character is so disjointed. I can't relate (and she's my age). Overall though I like the series. I find them hard to put down even with all the annoyances about Rei. Maybe Massey just needs to hang out with people that are actually Rei's age.
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Summary: Read the first in the series--skip this one
Comment: I'm not moved often to write reviews pro or con but this book was so terrible I had to act. I gave it one star because the writing is literate.
I will only say that I have read all the other books in this series except the one immediately before this one. I missed it and was excited to see a new one! Alas, moving to the U.S. seems to have completely changed her personality. She has become tedious, whiny, and tentative. The plot of this novel is uninvolving and very slow to get started. The other characters, except Aunt Norie, are pedestrian.
If you want exciting books about Japan, read the Isaac Adamson series with Billy Chaka or, for a slower pace and intriguing characters, the early Banana Yoshimoto. Check out Haruki Murakami. There's good stuff out there. This isn't it.
Lose Hugh and send Rei back to Tokyo. Let's have some fun.
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