7.4k reviews for:

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

3.91 AVERAGE

klatsche's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

solitaryvvitch's review against another edition

1.0

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I read 56% of this book when I realised life is too short to be wasted on books I don't find interesting at all. Every event from this book made me think: "I don't care about this." I wanted to like this book since Haruki Murakami reccomend it, as he is one of my favourite authors, but it appears that this one is just not for me. DNF

carcarchu's review against another edition

4.5

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: No

juliettereb's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 46%

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Wasn’t too invested / wasn’t in the right head space to read. Also was focusing on another book for a book club and didn't go back to this one.

mal3naa's review against another edition

4.25

reflective medium-paced

lisabereadinx3's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

pinut's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective

seirid's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kyla_26's review against another edition

3.25

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Whie I enjoyed the book, I found it hard to understand the meaning of Natsuko wanting to have a child.At first, it seemed as if she wanted a child because of her stagnation in her career. However, as the story went on, there were many different reasons why she wanted to have a child that were presented to the audience. I do believe the story did a great job with telling the struggles of a society where single motherhood is portrayed in a negative manner. This was shown through the reactions of Makiko and Sengawa. I enjoyed the way the author talked about the female body and the different journeys women partake in as they age. Overall, this was a pretty interesting book.

dustbunny_7's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring 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