Reviews - Breasts and Eggs

7.41k reviews for:

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

3.91 AVERAGE

prudenceandreia's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

mai_reading's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-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

_louisaliest_'s review against another edition

3.75

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mervederya's review against another edition

4.0

full review to come

illacamomilla's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense

Content Warnings

marianarodriguez's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

I didn’t want this to end, she’s such a great storyteller. I felt so connected to Natsu that the ending made me feel like I was there with her, experiencing the beginning of her new life.

The only problem is the —at times— awkward translation, which I wish was truer to the original Japanese way of speaking instead of tweaking the script for an American audience.

ducklass_'s review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

sarafltt's review against another edition

3.0

Strange and uncomfortable at times, but so real. Human thoughts and feelings, even the most unspoken and disgusting, laid bare in beautiful prose. Beautiful commentary on human psyche, on what it means to be a woman, to have a body, to exist.

nina_winterbooks's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ruzz's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love this novel, not in a way where you kick your feet or laugh out loud or cry uncontrollably for the heartbreaks. This novel is more like watching a life while reading it and living it. I love this so much, I wish I could read this novel for the first time again. Or maybe I can read this again after a decade and it will make me love it again in a different way. I will get to feel the story too in a different way.

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