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RISING SUN. [Paperback]

Michael. Chrichton (Author)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Foreshadowing of Present Times Oct 19 2008
By Douglas P. Murphy
Format:Mass Market Paperback
During current times when the whole economic structure of our country is in collapse and when presidential candidates speak of the middle class like it's an endangered species, one should read or perhaps reread this book. It sets a murder mystery in a time when the Japanese were buying up many American businesses although the Japanese were not alone in doing this (Germans, British, etc, etc). They were taking their newly acquired companies and often reincorporating them in places like Luxembourg that could provide large tax advantages (i.e. less tax income for the US). The book suggests that these practices weakened the economic spine of this country. The murder mystery itself is set against some rather interesting cultural aspects that lend some interesting qualities.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Rising Sun is a miss Jun 15 2004
By Sarah Sammis
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Michael Crichton's books are hit or miss. Rising Sun is a miss. I think it's supposed to be taking place during the mid to late 1980s when there was an influx of Japanese business ventures in the United States -- especially in California. I remember the xenophobic response from some people of my parents age and especially of people my grandparents age (not everyone, of course). As a teenager, I was surprised, confused and later embarrassed by the reactions of my relatives.

Rising Sun is clearly playing into those sentiments and frankly I don't like it. Both cultures, American and Japanese in this book are reduced to stereotypal representations making for a boring, predicatable and insulting read.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment April 18 2004
By Marie Dorego
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Instead of being an engaging novel, Rising Sun was a political platform from which to vent about the disintegration of the American economy at the hands of the Japanese. In an attempt to make this long-winded speech into a ficticious "story", the author offers us faded characters, and dialouge that is unimaginative, listless, and after a while, irritating.

The murder of the young Japanese woman...the event from which the novel supposedly emerged, is apparently still a mystery..an occurance with no meaning, no relevance, and no motivation. This was a disasterous divergence from the author's usual genre.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Special services liaison
To the Japanese business is war by other means. What is the Nakamoto murder and 12 years after this book's writing can it still hold a reader's attention? The answer is yes. Read more
Published on April 12 2004 by Mary E. Sibley
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the movie
I never thought I would say that, especially with a Crichton novel, but this one was really not as good as the movie. Read more
Published on April 7 2004 by Daniel Grossberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic !!!
Great read. we get a good peak at japanese customs and the financial tech rivaly betwen the US and the Japs. Good fun. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2004 by Vikram Ramanathan
4.0 out of 5 stars Rising Sun rises above other murder mysteries
LAPD lieutenant Peter J. Smith was watching the Lakers game while listening to a Japanese vocabulary tape when he received a call that would shatter his peaceful evening. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004 by Anthony Yu
5.0 out of 5 stars Kohai!!!!!!
After finishing this book, I let out a big breath, probably the first one in over 3 hours, as I could not stop reading this book for its(no pun intended)breathtaking plot and... Read more
Published on Dec 2 2003 by Will Culp
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting, informative
A beautiful young call girl is murdered in the corporate boardroom of Nakamoto Towers in Los Angeles, during a gala event of the Japanese giant company - Nakamoto. Read more
Published on Sep 11 2003 by "deepbits"
2.0 out of 5 stars engaging, but soggy and dated
Crichton departs from his usual formula in "Rising Sun", and the changes are not good ones. Read more
Published on Aug 21 2003 by erica
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book
In the 80s the big American fear, especially in California, was that the Japanese businesses were going to take over. Read more
Published on July 7 2003 by MISTER SJEM
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Engaging
From reading some of his other novels, I already knew that Michael Crichton is a great storyteller. After finishing Rising Sun, I can also say that he is adept at handling diverse... Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003 by Kevin Keigwin
5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Crichton's Japanese Murder Thriller!
Because I picked this book out of the fiction section, it was a bit different than I expected. This novel is pretty much a murder mystery, and I very much enjoyed reading it, even... Read more
Published on Jun 20 2003 by Stephen J. Carlson
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