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| Original Title: | Rising Sun |
| ISBN: | 0606298231 (ISBN13: 9780606298230) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Los Angeles, California(United States) |
Michael Crichton
Hardcover | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 3.63 | 46659 Users | 939 Reviews
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| Title | : | Rising Sun |
| Author | : | Michael Crichton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | August 30th 2004 by Turtleback Books (first published January 27th 1992) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Crime. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Cultural. Japan |
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Crichton puts forth a very interesting perspective on the economic relationship between Japan and the USA in this novel.While informative, I feel that Crichton was at times overly pessimistic. He draws a picture of the Japanese annexing the American economy and Japan itself surpassing the US in every degree of first-world status (including GDP). And while he does raise some compelling points, I’m not sure how well the passage of time has supported his assertions. Crichton seemed fully confident in 1992 that the Japanese economy will soon and inevitably surpass that of the US. Well, here we are in 2018 and Japan’s GDP is still only a quarter of the United State’s. Also our debt to GDP ratio is around 1.2 while Japan’s is at a monstrous 2.6.
Crichton may have been slightly out of bounds with the doom and gloom in this novel. I’ll give it three stars because I enjoyed Crichton’s cogent and thought-provoking argument.
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This novel should've been called I'm Not Racist, But--. Crichton's wise men rant against the Japanese as copiously as his straw men do, and their arguments are functionally identical. By all means, he says, paint them with a broad brush, say they're schemers, insist they spell our doom, but good Lord, don't call them "nips"! That's bigoted!Other times it seems like Crichton isn't even trying not to be racist. The whodunit that fills the first half of the book concerns a beautiful young American
In the 80s the big American fear, especially in California, was that the Japanese businesses were going to take over. Strangely, the fact that the Dutch and British had more holdings than the Japanese never mattered.That said, Japanese conspiracies were popular and this was one of the better ones, which also allowed us to perceive the Japanese manner of thinking.BTW, this book was better than the movie. Overally, a very good read but not great.For those who didn't see the movie a pair of
Underwhelming and transparent would be the two words I would use for this novel by Crichton.Starring two completely replaceable and indistinct noir detectives, we find ourselves tugged along an unnecessarily winding plot filled with conveniently entertaining twists and turns and at the center; a sexy femme fatale lies dead without panties.Here are the tropes that this novel is a slave to: 1.) A car chase between the police and a sports car that ends in a flaming wreck. 2.) Dead suspects are not
This was a masterpiece!
Well, this my first book by Michael Crichton and I enjoyed it. My rating would have to be closer to three stars but it had a nice plot, fast pace, something easy to get into but not to figure out. Recommended.
Crichton puts forth a very interesting perspective on the economic relationship between Japan and the USA in this novel. While informative, I feel that Crichton was at times overly pessimistic. He draws a picture of the Japanese annexing the American economy and Japan itself surpassing the US in every degree of first-world status (including GDP). And while he does raise some compelling points, Im not sure how well the passage of time has supported his assertions. Crichton seemed fully confident
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