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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten by Kyōko Nakajima

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kokechii's review against another edition

3.0

Actually started reading this sometime last year and put it down for a while and... here we are. I never know how to rate collections of stories because mostly I like one story more than the others and - yeah.

But it did surprise me because in summer of 2020 I read just the story When My Wife Was a Shiitake for one of my online Japanese lectures and only by picking up this book did I remember it and realized who the author was. My memory tends to be bad sometimes :)

livres_de_bloss's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten: 4/5
When My Wife Was a Shiitake: 5/5
The Life Story of a Sewing Machine: 4/5
Global Positioning System: 5/5
Kirara’s Paper Plane: 4/5
A Special Day: 3.5/5
The Pet Civet: 5/5
Childhood Friends: 4/5
The Harajuku House: 3.5/5
The Last Obon: 4/5

courtneyjx's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Solid 3.5 - enjoyable short stories but now that I’ve finished I honestly couldn’t tell you anything about any of them 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I enjoyed reading them

tesshalim's review against another edition

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3.75

It’s an easy read . Since this is a collections of short stories, it’s good when you don’t feel liked investing your time in a novel.

milliedxoxo's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

Things remembered and things forgotten was a very enjoyable book with most of the stories being slower and more relaxed but my favourites were the ghost stories as she had such unique concepts

The only issue for me see some of the slower stories went on for too long and I’d get a little bored so I would have to be in the right mood to read them