We liked John Shors other book about the Taj Mahal better. Chose this based on that book. All enjoy the vivid, descriptive style of writing. Found some characters more believable than others. Plot could have been filled out a bit more. Ending a bit too simple. Reminded us of 'Survivor' tv series, but everything was a bit too readily available to the survivors in the book!

It was a beautiful romantic read and the Haiku introducing each chapter was wonderful. The relationship between the diverse cultures was good, given the fact that it was war times.

Interesting story set during World War II. However, the purple prose detracted from the story. I did enjoy the haikus.
The story wasn't bad, but the ending was not realistic.