Review: The Travelogue Really Helped Cool The Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
There are three main characters in this story:  Eric, Shane and Okinawa. I do not believe the story would have been as intriguing if the location was any where else. Because it is an island, and because Okinawa is basically  a one company geography: The US Navy and Armed Forces, every interaction between Eric and Shane would not have been so intense and overshadowed by Okinawa.The author's description of the island and all the places Eric and Shane can go to escape their military commitments seem limited on one hand but endless on the other hand: their bases are within a short distance but because the language and the culture is so foreign, it reveals how isolated the US Military is with the island community--thus giving Eric and Shane's relationship an opportunity to discover their compatiblity beyond their sexual explorations.The conflict that causes Eric and Shane to discover how deep their relationship had developed, did not happen while they were out and about being tourist but at work. From that point in the book to the end of the story was brief, covered several months in a matter of one or two chapters and an epilogue. Pretty abrupt end to what had been building up leisurely  through most of the book.I love to travel. I often remark that the adventures in travellng was 80% of the fun getting there and arriving at the destination was the 20% of the fun. This book is just like my travelling adventures.