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Summary: Snow Falling On Cedars
Review: Snow Falling on Cedars is a book set in the 1940' s-1950 on a small Island off the state of Washington. Where a man named Kabuo Miyamoto is being held on trail for killing Carl Hine. A reporter named Ishmael Chambers (World War II Veteran) is deeply in love with kabuo's wife Hatsue Miyamoto, Where he lost her when he went to war to kabuo. But he is not letting her go that easy so he has been trying to get her back but it is not working she is to much in love with kabuo. Ishmael finally realizes that he will never get her back so he starts to respect that. Then one night when Ishmael went to the lighthouse to find information about the weather and instead of finding the weather he found out what really happened to Carl lee.
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Summary: Book is 10 times better than the movie
Review: Read SFOC, was very impressed. Saw SFOC, was bored to tears. Read the book, skip the flick.
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Summary: The book is over-rated.
Review: I was a little disappointed after reading the book. The book received good reviews and awards, and I had high expections of it. The book turned out to be average. The story was slow at times, and the ending was predictable.
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Summary: "Snow Falling on Cedars
Review: David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars is a mind-boggling view of the mistakes people make in everyday life. It takes place 10 years after the second world war. Prejudices, racism, and deceit are just one of the few obsatcles in the book. A man is on trial for the crime of a murder. (Kabuo Miyamoto) This man is a strong, loyal and a very proud man. He will not bring shame to his name. His wife Hatsue is a different sort. She is also honorable and obeys Kabuo. She has never told him of the discreet affair beteween herself and a lost boy. (Ishmael Chambers) As sweet as the affair was,tragedy ensued and the two parted. The climax in the novel is really when all the tension and emotions that are running rampant.You just want to make eveything better. Finding out about a friendship that was severed years later is what makes this novel even better and is important to the trial. No one is safe on the island of San Piedro. They all believe the other person is guilty. The setting of the story gives the reader chills. It plays on the people's minds and everyone becomes edgier. A lot of symbolism is used. At the trial, you get a feel for how loyal Hatsue really is." Hatsue felt no serenity, her calmness was a practiced diguise. For her husband, she knew, was a mystery and had been after he had come back from the war. For her, this meant loving him in a way she had never imagined. She would defend him with her life." The smart thinking of Hatsue finallly ends the trial and saves a life. It is a powerful novel that leaves you with unanswered questions.
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Summary: A High School Student's Review
Review: I read Snow Falling on Cedars for an English class at my high school. We examined the novel's characters, use of symbolism, meaning, and structure for our class, and I think we gained a good understanding of the book. The story is set on a small island off the coast of Washington during the 1950's. It centers on the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, a Japanese man who is being tried for the first degree murder of a fellow fisherman named Carl Heine. The book is not a courtroom drama, however. The wife of the accused, Hatsue Miyamoto, and the local reporter, Ishmael Chambers, at one time were high school sweethearts who were torn apart by the Japanese internment during World War II. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about their relationship and how it ended. Ironically, Ishmael discovers evidence that will set Kabuo free, but he is still bitter about his past with Hatsue, and he struggles with his conscience. This is not a simple story, and it becomes confusing at times because of the flashbacks, which sometimes are inside other flashbacks. It is more historical fiction than anything else, and it brings to light a period in America's history that is not usually remembered fondly. Personally, I was kind of bored with the book at times, and the courtroom scenes were a little bit too long for me. The ending seemed to be trying to be a moral lesson, but it barely pulled it off. Altogether, I'd say that while I didn't dislike the book, I probably wouldn't have made it through the first five chapters if I had been reading it outside of school.
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Summary: S.F.O.C. Story Review
Review: We remember movies and real life moments that magificently captures the inner dynamics of pain, sorrow, guilt, revenge, loss, redemption that comes from not allowing interracial love that flows from ones heart to another. Then just to be cast aside for anger, jealousy, or even frustation. I thought the book was very interesting. the reason why I say that is because it was long and yet fun to read. But duringCarl Heine's accident which led to his death made me want to keep on reading. Due to the fact that it was a mystery because all of the people who saw the court case thought that Kabuo did the murder. finally suprisring new evidence near the end of the novel states Which Carl Heine's death was caused by the wave of a bigger ship which was pasing by his little fishing boat.
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Summary: No, Snow falling on cedars
Review: Haunting......A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper This book had something for every body. Of course it did! it had too it is a best selling novel, built lets really look into this book. It is just like every other Love suspense thriller. It had its typical characters.....well the typical is fine but you should have the smarts to jazz this characters up a bit. Then the plot was a typical edge of your sit, heart throbbing story....or was it you could predict the story. There was not much point to read this book besides improve your reading skills and use up time. This book was quite the trend. Author of book: David Guterson
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Summary: yeah
Review: David Guterson's novel Snow Falling on Cedars is a ravishing tale of love and justice with many twists and suprises. This story has got it all. This is the kind of story that lets the reader come to their own conclusion. Although it has many strong points to it, I felt that it focused too strongly on the love interest between two young teenagers, (Ishmael and Hatsue). I started to lose interest toward the end.
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Summary: snow falling on cedars
Review: This book is a best seller written by David Guterson. it is a murder mystery that takes place in a place called Amity Island. a local fisherman was found dead one morning tangled up in his fishing nets with a bad head injury. everyone was quick to blame another fisherman named kabuo miyamoto. there was a lot of racial tension on the island and everyone thinks it is him no matter what. ishmael has loved kabuos wife, hatsue since they were kids. she coldly told him that they could not see each other anymore and she was quick to move on but ishmael never got over her. the whole story is told through mostly flashbacks. it is kind of confusing and hard to follow but for the most part it is not too bad. the book overall is not to bad but it drags on a little bit and is sort of confusing and the end it terrible.
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Summary: Book of setting
Review: Snow Falling on Cedars is one of those books that if you are not into a very slow book you will never get into. I had to read this book for class and the only thing that I felt came even close to keeping my interst was the setting. The way that it changed as the book went. The weather was always on the mind of the chareters but in a way was what the they were thinking. They always wanted the storm to be over and that was the way they felt about the trial. The way that the auther told you about the storm and the trees, the ski and the snow made you feel as if you were there. The love story in this book did nothing for my span of attention. There was to much about that and nothing to change the fellings of the reader. To the people that like a slow and maticulis book. This is the one for you but for the people that like to see the book develope in a fast time fram. This is not going to be a good book. So take it from me. Read if you may but sleep you will do all the time. All I am saying is that this book in my mind is not the worlds best and my be one of those books you need around the house if you fell like you need to go to bed.
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