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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Death of parent
Linear text with weepy main character and a tone often derived from description of setting. Okada's writing style is like that of other male American authors in the 50's, including John Steinbeck, James Baldwin, JD Salinger and John Knowles, which is to say it is straightforward. Had he wrote this a few years later, he may have opted for a more collegiate style, a-la Ken Kesey or Phillip Roth. This book is like Baldwin's "Go Tell it on the Mountain" or Steinbeck's "East of Eden".
Like those, the characters are front and center, and their lives come in and out of focus using ambling scenes. The main character is often isolated, but when dialogue ensues, sometimes action slices through and alters the story in unpredictable ways.
Enjoyable as a novel, its rare perspective and especially its awareness of location bring out a kind of warm contentment. The author's unflinching documentation of events plus his candidness eases the reader through sorrowful experiences and embues them with sincerity.
Like those, the characters are front and center, and their lives come in and out of focus using ambling scenes. The main character is often isolated, but when dialogue ensues, sometimes action slices through and alters the story in unpredictable ways.
Enjoyable as a novel, its rare perspective and especially its awareness of location bring out a kind of warm contentment. The author's unflinching documentation of events plus his candidness eases the reader through sorrowful experiences and embues them with sincerity.
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
medium-paced
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Estuve llorando en varias parte de este novela no se como expresar mis emociones pero es una novela que me hizo cuestionar sobre una perspectiva no hablada los japoneses y su trato en america despues de perl hardborl, es una historia de nuestro protagonista encontrandose a el mismo y perdido sin saber porque tomo sus decisiones, sintiendo verguenza, confusion y enojo, tratando de encontrar algo afuera de la cárcel.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
regretfully, i cannot stand the writing in this
first clear warning sign was on page 6:
first clear warning sign was on page 6:
Being on Jackson Street with its familiar store fronts and taverns and restaurants, which were somehow different because the war had left its mark on them, was like trying to find one's way out of a dream that seemed real most of the time but wasn't really real because it was still only a dream.
managed to get four chapters in but the experience was bad so i stopped