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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

145 reviews

sarainbookland's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such a cozy read!

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dragongirl271's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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: Complicated

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kkroseycheeks's review against another edition

4.75

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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

Nearly a perfect book! The heroine is certainly someone that grows on you (and could possibly be read as neurodivergent), and I suggest this book for anyone struggling to get back into reading, period. I personally believe reading this book helped accelerate my desire to read again this year.

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charlieeew's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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natcoleman3's review against another edition

4.25

lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

This perfectly captures the feeling of a cozy evening with a warm beverage, fluffy blanket, mellow lights, and of course, a good book. While it stays short and sweet, it also handles heavier themes around relationships with surprising tenderness. I just really enjoyed it.

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the_reading_wren's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love the way emotions are described in this book.

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jayellekay's review against another edition

2.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

I was expecting to enjoy this book a lot more than I did. As a fan of similar works such as Welcome to Hyunam-Dong Bookshop and What You Are Looking For Is In The Library, I enjoyed the slow, slice of life aspect and community oriented storytelling. However, I felt like within the short book the plot was not overly developed and I didn't enjoy the writing style, which may be due to this translation.
I found the hopefulness of the narrative in the first half and the description of the setting to be soothing and enjoyable. However, it is worth noting that there are some difficult and dark topics covered very directly in the second half and if you are someone avoiding that kind of content, I'd strongly suggest checking the trigger warnings.
Overall I think the narrative wrapped up quite quickly which again may have been due to the shortness of the novel. I do think it was generally good overall and would still consider reading the sequel after this, but it isn't something I would reread soon.

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