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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A sorrowful story about the homeless 'culture' and the finished life of a man in Japan.
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Not quite for me. Unfortunately I like/need fluid prose, and it’s no fault of the author that Japanese translated into English cannot flow that way. The impression I had was many stilted short sentences painting a sympathetic and sad image of the suffering experienced by homeless people in Ueno park, tied into the broader events of the Olympics, the fukushima tsunami, and poverty. It was not a deep impression.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Being a ghost and just observing may sound boring to some people. I don't think I would mind all that much. It would be more frustrating to not be able to interfere when events are occurring.
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there's the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a book. There may be words, and the pages may be numbered, but there is no plot. There may be an ending, but there is no end."
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there's the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a book. There may be words, and the pages may be numbered, but there is no plot. There may be an ending, but there is no end."
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A quick, but devastating read on poverty in Japan.
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced