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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“He had a special feeling for what he called the 'correct miscalculation,' for he believed that mistakes were often as revealing as the right answers."
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Utterly wholesome. I fell in love with the book the moment I laid my eyes on its cover. I'm glad the story didn't disappoint! Also, it's been a while since a book made me cry
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Utterly wholesome. I fell in love with the book the moment I laid my eyes on its cover. I'm glad the story didn't disappoint! Also, it's been a while since a book made me cry
This is a sweet story about mutual respect, acts of kindness, and dignity. I enjoyed the characters' innocence and purity of heart. But I didn't realize before I started that the author is literally a mathematician and knows a lot about baseball--the story goes into these subjects at length. At least with the math, you can learn to appreciate the numerical puns alongside the Housekeeper, but you're quite on your own when it comes to baseball plays and jargon.
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emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-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:
Complicated
slow-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
emotional
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A very pleasant, simple read! Reminds me of a friend who always made math seem so beautiful and elegant. There's an underlying current of motherhood and childhood that is brought out in this trio of characters, and even with the professor's limited memory, there's always a sense of progression. I found it extremely endearing. A sort of found-family story that relies on a continuously renewing emotional intimacy - something to be said of how worth and love transcend traditional means of worth.
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was going to give this a 4.75 but after reaching the heartfelt and warm ending, i changed my mind. If you like Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, you’ll love this book. The themes are similar and both have perseverance in spite of all odds, being patience and kind to people because we don’t know what they went through kind of stories. I love it. I really do. I really love the professor’s love for Root, it was bittersweet because he’d make a very loving and fun grandpa if he didn't get into the accident. It also fascinates me how someone could look at numbers and mathematics with so much love and curiosity because i remembered hating it up until my last year in junior high where I finally appreciate the intricacies of math’s formulas. But of ourse not to the extent of the professor who seemingly live to divulge the secrets of his universe (numbers and maths)
Also Yuko Ogawa just has the kind of writing that’ll make you flip pages after pages because you’re so engaged in the book. I have her other works in my tbr and when i got my hands on them i’ll be locked up in my room and read her instead of doing my assignments LMAOO. I’m going to stop here cause that’s a very lengthy review from me that no one wants to read.
Also Yuko Ogawa just has the kind of writing that’ll make you flip pages after pages because you’re so engaged in the book. I have her other works in my tbr and when i got my hands on them i’ll be locked up in my room and read her instead of doing my assignments LMAOO. I’m going to stop here cause that’s a very lengthy review from me that no one wants to read.