Noble House by James Clavell
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Book Summary Author: James Clavell Edition: Mass Market Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 1984-11-01 ISBN: 0440164842 Number of pages: 1376 Publisher: Dell |
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Book Reviews of the Noble House
Customer Review: Gave up half-way through...
Summary: 2 Stars
I guess I'll have to be a wet blanket and say - I couldn't finish it. I made it about half-way through and just couldn't keep all the characters straight and trying to understand the international banking and trading was more like a chore than a reading pleasure. I was also tired of listening to all the obscene and elaborate ways the Chinese characters talked about the "filthy, dung-eating, uncivilized foreign barbarians" - and that's mild compared to most of the racist insults! And it seems like every single male character, upon seeing Casey for the first time, thought "Ah, I would certainly like to possess/bed/pillow that one!" Another complaint: It seems like almost every new advancement in the plot was heralded by a phone call. I was so sick of the phone ringing every other page!My problem with Ian Dunross: It kept hammering home the point that Dunross had inherited Dirk Straun's animal power and aura of danger, but I never really saw this come through. He seemed like just a typical ambitous businessman and actually a little easy-going a lot of the time. Of course, I didn't finish the book so maybe the aura of danger cropped up later.
I was actually rooting for Gornt by the time I stopped reading; I didn't really get any feeling of loyalty to Straun's - Not like in Tai-Pan where I was cheering for Dirk's side all the way.
And yet... I gave it two stars because it's not out of the question that I'll give it another try one of these days, maybe when I'm feeling more ambitious.