Reviews

Revenge by Yōko Ogawa

eym's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

honnari_hannya's review

3.0

A series of loosely-linked light horror and thriller stories, which reads as if Yoko Ogawa was doing the writing version of an exquisite corpse game. Fun stuff, especially liked the stories that veered more into the speculative end of the scale.

mercurue's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

zstew11's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

delynia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

elloelliot's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

theobscurereader_7's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

virago's review against another edition

I just wasn't into it.  

xtie's review

5.0

I’m so glad I read this. I love Ogawa like this. I love the gothic!!

noragrace89's review

2.0

2.5⭐️
I enjoyed finding the little connections between the stories but overall the collection was ok.
Favorite story: Fruit juice