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I'm not normally one for historic fiction but I felt drawn to this novel. I kept hearing a lot of praise for it and finally picked up a signed copy in the store. I was a little aprihensive if it would be good or not but I'm so happy to say it's worth all the praise.
The writing is really good. The story and characters are strong all the way through and there's even multiple sprinkles of foreshadowing, which I almost never see in a Japanese novel.
Aisaka has clearly done his research and depicts a grusomely truthly tail about war.
There is a LOT of military vocabulary and kanji in this book. I read it along with the audiobook and had to refer to Wikipedia for the history elements a few times, but it was a good challenge.
Absolutely amazing book.