Curious if anyone has read the book or seen the series? My brother got the series for his b-day so I watched it then, and am now reading the book. I loved the series so I'm hoping that will modivate me to finish this (1150 page) book :X Unfortunatly I've never read a book over 400-500 pages lol so this will be something ;D It's about the first english people to discover Japan in the 1800s. It has a lot about Japanese and their culture. Anywho, pointless thread, but has anyone heard of it? Do you like it?