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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
superfluous men explaining selfish decisions and feeling guilt. stories like these are always important as i feel like i, along with most readers can at least emphasize where they’re coming from and likely live in a manner similar to them. living life is difficult
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A story about human fallibility, the universality and inescapability of sin, and the relentlessness of guilt and self-punishment, told with tremendous elegance and many beautiful internal symmetries, as unputdownable as a whodunit, as psychologically penetrating as Henry James, and as simple and stark as a Greek tragedy. Kokoro also happens to be a work of cultural interest, one of the early modern Japanese novels and an elegy for a dying era in Japanese history, but, really, anyone who has ever flagellated himself or herself for an unatonable offense against a fellow human being will find something in this perfect little book that resonates.
'Then I looked around, and for the first time, I saw the blood on the wall'.
In Kokoro (tr: heart), blood represent the truth; the essence of a man. So this climactic line is particularly impactful. It comes after a long, deteriorating narrative surrounding the protagonist, Sensei. Who, blinded by vanity, obsession, and jealousy, causes the suicide of his best friend. The conflict is Shakespearean -- and it's done full justice by the prose.
But before this classic tragedy comes a wonderful commentary on young adulthood. Bleak (and often hilarious) observations on student life and leaving home make the preamble to this high drama very enjoyable.
This book doesn't mess around with a maze of ideas or characters. Sōseki gets to the real human core of his ideas tersely, without a spare word. And the result is pretty close to perfect.
In Kokoro (tr: heart), blood represent the truth; the essence of a man. So this climactic line is particularly impactful. It comes after a long, deteriorating narrative surrounding the protagonist, Sensei. Who, blinded by vanity, obsession, and jealousy, causes the suicide of his best friend. The conflict is Shakespearean -- and it's done full justice by the prose.
But before this classic tragedy comes a wonderful commentary on young adulthood. Bleak (and often hilarious) observations on student life and leaving home make the preamble to this high drama very enjoyable.
This book doesn't mess around with a maze of ideas or characters. Sōseki gets to the real human core of his ideas tersely, without a spare word. And the result is pretty close to perfect.
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
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:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes