In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End

DNF at page 134.

This just wasn't what I was looking for when I was looking for a book about modern Japanese history. The premise sounded promising, but what I got instead was a meandering memoir split into four short stories set within the period I was looking for. The stories themselves were somewhat interesting, once you could tell where the author was going, but it wasn't enough for me to keep going. While the writing was good and emotional, it didn't feel very historical, and instead came off more like a memoir. It just wasn't what I was looking for, and I left disappointed.