Paul Warren’s Reviews > The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet > Status Update

Now that’s how you draw our unrequited love! 471 pages and they barely touched hands.

This author loves the idea of fate.

Shiroyama is way too self aware for a noble, sees through empty praise and proclaiming his role in history.

I don’t like the changing of topics every other line… respect doing something different but it triggers my adhd

Fischer lives entirely in fantasy land, now we can contextualize all his past
… and got schooled nonetheless, lol!

Arie Grote is best character of novel, Jacob is acting but solid second

It’s only been a year since the copper negotiation with traitor Vorstenbosch

“Every man has 3 hearts “ from shogun but instead “masks behind masks behind masks”

“If guilt were copper coins, he thinks, I could buy Dejima.”

And, scene!

Did not have Orito going back to help the women in my playbook! She is more selfless than me, wise and risky to bargain with what she learned.

Uzaemon is a great character, a great pivot from Ogawa in the plot.