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Honorable Enemies

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This book is not only disgustingly anti-Japanese, but completely ridiculous. The premise of the book is that Americans and Japanese can never understand or relate to one another. The Japanese (of course) start a war. It also portrays the American Navy as idiots who cannot counter an enemy attack. Our submarines accidentally get run over by oil tankers. I could not finish this book. It became totally ridiculous. Joe Weber treats his audience like we are idiots!

Yes, the plot is interesting. Yes, the characters are (somewhat) believable. But it is very apparent that Mr. Weber has a bonus clause on his contract for the number of adverbs he can use. How many different ways can you depict mannerisms and emotions while speaking? Just ask Mr. Weber. I tried (in vain) to find a portion of dialogue that did not have the characters words embellished with so many trite expressions to the point of total distraction from the storyline. Too bad, it could have been a great book. Also, what's with the ending? Did he come to a point where he had a limit on his page count and had to condense 10 chapters of conclusion into one Epilogue?

"Honerable Enemies" is a page turner. Weber weaves a strong plot with non-stop action. A great what-if scenario about our fragile relationship with Japan.