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jenniey3's review against another edition
2.0
Pretty disappointed by this, especially after reading Kitchen and Moonlight Shadow. There's a huge pacing issue in this book, and I think at least a quarter of the book could've been cut to avoid repetition. Another thing that was just bizarre was the daughter having sex with her father's middle-aged friend. Trying not to judge, for I have not lost my father in a murder-suicide pact, and maybe grief makes us all do crazy stuff.
My biggest gripe with this novel was how certain feelings were not explored. For instance, the protagonist's father cheats on the mother, nearly saddles the entire family with debt when he lends the other woman money, and then proceeds to basically run away with her. I'd be having some conflicted feelings is all I'm saying. However, feelings of rage are glossed over, and grief is the main emotion that ends up being dealt with. Now, again, I have not had an adulterous father die in a murder-suicide pact. However, I find some of these reactions to be wholly unbelievable. I suppose this brings a bigger question into focus: how do you judge a man?
And how do you judge a man whose half of you, whose smile you share, whose shoulders you've sat on, hands you've held, whose the world to you yet just a man to the world? Can a good father be a bad man?
My biggest gripe with this novel was how certain feelings were not explored. For instance, the protagonist's father cheats on the mother, nearly saddles the entire family with debt when he lends the other woman money, and then proceeds to basically run away with her. I'd be having some conflicted feelings is all I'm saying. However, feelings of rage are glossed over, and grief is the main emotion that ends up being dealt with. Now, again, I have not had an adulterous father die in a murder-suicide pact. However, I find some of these reactions to be wholly unbelievable. I suppose this brings a bigger question into focus: how do you judge a man?
And how do you judge a man whose half of you, whose smile you share, whose shoulders you've sat on, hands you've held, whose the world to you yet just a man to the world? Can a good father be a bad man?
kimananda's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
errski's review against another edition
3.0
This story is about a young woman dealing with growing up as well as grieving from her father's death. She goes through many emotions as she tries to figure out what to do next. She is learning love and moving forward with her life and learning a lot about her mom as well. It was good, but very deep and not exactly easy reading.
everydayweekends's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.5
_kelly_'s review against another edition
1.0
AUDIOBOOK: No intonation - it was like listening to someone ramble off random sentences with no meaning at all.
Seriously, get the book instead.
Seriously, get the book instead.
phoenix2's review against another edition
1.0
Moshi Moshi is a short book about a mother and a daughter who are trying to move on from the death of the husband-father. It is narrated from the daughter's POV and it is monthly her thoughts and feelings about the odd and mysterious way her father died. There is some romance to it and some growing up, but I enjoyed the mother-daughter relationship the most, especially since the romantic relationships were only there as tools for the main character to move on. However, I can't say that I really liked this book. It was boring at times and the plot took too long to actually start.
raenyreads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.0
Just not for me I think. I found this really boring and nearly did not finish it. It started with a strong premise but just went nowhere with it other than conversations between characters that to me felt incredibly unnatural and forced. I liked the relationship between the main character and her mother which was the only highlight of this book for me. The topics tackled by the book are important and I think provided a interesting perspective but I couldn't bring myself to get engaged by them.
I might still try the authors more popular works to see if they are for me at all.
I might still try the authors more popular works to see if they are for me at all.
yukiho's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
first banana yoshimoto read and i loved it! the descriptions of shimokita and tokyo generally were so heartwarming (it did make me very homesick). also the messages about grief and change resonated. however -1 star for the ending with yamazaki lol im pretending that didn’t happen