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Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki

3.96 AVERAGE


Quiero creer, y estoy bastante convencida de ello de que este es uno de estos libros que con el tiempo y relecturas le sacaré más jugo.

Es mi primer libro de literatura japonesa, quizá haya sido un poco ambicioso por mi parte, no porque sea difícil, sino porque no estoy acostumbrada a la formar de escribir y de expresar las cosas de los japoneses

también hay que tener en cuenta que un libro de 1914, con lo que eso también influye.

Me ha gustado mucho, la forma de expresar las cosas es preciosa a pesar del tono pesimista y triste que tiene el libro, y es el final me ha emocionado mucho

I read this book for my 11th grade English class, yet it will go down as one of my favorite books I have read. This story absolutely amazes me and it will stick in my head forever. My thoughts are consumed by this book.
inspiring relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The intricate workings of the human heart is such a strange thing. Its ironic and paradoxical tendencies are clearly and intensely portrayed in this novel of Soseki in different ways: through a closing of an era (Meiji Period), demise of loved ones (lots of dead people dying and killing themselves), the doomed fate of most deeply held ideals and beliefs about self and the people around us, and the passing of innocence, purity, and youth. All these endings not only marked the different shade man's heart can take, but its tendencies to act upon in its interest alone no matter the cost. Well, doesn't it make us humans difficult?
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Narración delicada y preciosa sobre las relaciones que se establecen entre las personas, cómo afectan nuestras decisiones en los demás y cómo podemos influenciar otras existencias a medida que avanzamos en nuestro camino y se cruza éste con el de otros.

Sin duda, una maravillosa forma de iniciarse con Natsume Soseki; sin duda leeré más obras suyas. ¡Muchas gracias, @RepellentBoy, por haberme descubierto esta novela!
challenging emotional reflective slow-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
dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes