Helpful Score: 1
Similar to other historical Japanese novels I've read, this one tediously focuses on mundane activities in great detail. It took six pages for a woman to wash her hair. I couldn't take the characters bursting out into poetry at odd intervals as if they were in some kind of musical; that was too strange. The writing was solid and intelligent, but I couldn't connect with a single character and didn't feel bad putting the book down.
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