To be continued?
I have just finished reading this interesting novel, due in part to the fact that it is going to be made into a movie that looks stunning. The book Mr. Guterson has written is brilliant in its ability to recreate the Pacific Northwest in the mind of the reader. The story moves along and tries to show the aspects of the human heart. The flaw lies at the novel's end. It just stops. I was truly disappointed when I was left there with Ishmael. You wonder what is going to happen with him and Hatsue. How does the town react? What about Kabauo's dream? Does it come true? Though long, the ending is truly a disappointment and the novel could easily go on for another fifty pages.