I made a mistake with this book, I'd never heard of it before and started watching the TV series without realising it was based on a book, by the time I found out it was too late I was hooked on the series. They did an amazing job producing an excellent series from this quite dull book. It's a nice idea, a bit of a "what if the Germans and Japanese won the war?" and that was the books biggest failing for me, Philip K Dick doesn't paint a vivid enough picture of what that life is like, he focuses too much on a small group of characters and their vaguely linked lives.

I found the writing tough at times, lots of I Ch'ing phrases and not well explained, and Mr Tagomi's speech and thoughts were very confusing to follow.

A real shame, I was looking forward to this book and ultimately was left disappointed.