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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this book is a nice and gentle reminder that experiencing pain is inevitable, but it only makes happy moments that much more meaningful. i also really liked the mini story at the end! author has a way with words when it comes to describes grief, ache, and longing. usually don’t like open to interpretation endings, but i really liked this one bc the two main characters are going to be in each others lives regardless of what path the go down.
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
"Quando mi innamoravo, io partivo sempre con un grande slancio, ma sentii che avrei anche potuto innamorarmi a poco a poco, in conversazioni come quella, come quando le stelle appaiono da qualche spiraglio di un cielo coperto di nuvole."
"Può darsi che in futuro stando con me conoscerai dolori, guai, problemi ma, se vuoi, costruiamo insieme una vita complicata ma più felice di qualsiasi vita solitaria."
"Può darsi che in futuro stando con me conoscerai dolori, guai, problemi ma, se vuoi, costruiamo insieme una vita complicata ma più felice di qualsiasi vita solitaria."
Honest, comforting, delicate and warming. Japanese writing at its best.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-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
"I didn’t know what to expect. But I trusted their kitchen."
When Mikage's grandmother dies, her last living relative, she is steeped in a sadness so great I could barely cry She is taken in by Yuichi, himself no stranger to grief. "I was talking to my mother and we were thinking you ought to come to our house for a while" Mikage had barely known Yuichi before her grandmother's funeral. Yuichi's mother with a slightly husky voice was actually his father:
Mikage- "You've been saying all along, "my mother" this, and "my mother that..."
Yuichi- "Yes, but. Could you call someone who looked like that 'Dad' ?"
When Yuichi's real mother died when he was little his dad, had plastic surgery to become his mum.
Can cooking help with loss and grief? There is a lot of food lovingly described in this book and Mikage loves kitchens, she even dreams about cleaning them.
This is a quirky story of love and loss and loneliness and friendship and family.