Rating: 2/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 After Evan's father passes away, he receives a call asking if his father has read a certain book. Evan finds this book on his father's desk, and becomes curious as to what it contains. It turns out to be the journal of a Japanese soldier during WWII, who became stranded on an island inhabited by supernatural creatures. This book takes place in two time periods - present day, where Evan struggles to deal with the death of his father and wonders how his grandfather could have been involved in this book, and WWII by reading chapters of the journal entries written by this soldier. 
 I wasn't a very big fan of this book. It's not the sort of thing I would normally pick up, but it's one I had to read for a book club at my school. It's not even that the writing itself was bad, the book just didn't interest me. I wasn't interested in the characters or the supernatural aspects of the book. Also, some stuff went down at the end that seemed pretty out of left field, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. While it didn't really confuse me, I found it unnecessary. I don't really have much else to say because while it was a decently sized book, not much actually happened that I like or dislike, and I don't want to spoil anything. I will say that Oshiro's perspective was more interesting than the other ones, though. 
 Overall, this book was written well but just didn't interest me. I can appreciate the way it was written and developed, but the story wasn't my thing, and it didn't have any redeeming qualities to me since I didn't like any of the characters. While I wouldn't particularly recommend it to anyone, you may enjoy it if you like historical fiction mixed with fantasy.