4.07 AVERAGE

reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love it! Makes me crave for dorayaki
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ugh I wanted to love this so so bad and was really rooting for it, but unfortunately it fell a bit flat. I loved the first half, but the second half really slowed down and left me wondering how we strayed so far away from what I was expecting. I really loved the characters and the relationship that formed between Tokue and Sentaro. Also despite the way the author went about it, I still liked the message that this book was making about finding meaning in a life filled with tragedy and hardship. I also found the historical aspects to be super interesting and was something I didn't know before reading.
I just really didn't enjoy the distance between Tokue and Sentaro in the second half.
I would still recommend this if your looking for a cozy, food heavy, quick read. Again I love all of the characters and loved watching their relationship form. 
hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-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
hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes