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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
I need to get around to re-read this because it's just one of those books that stuck with me regardless of what I was going through. It has a presence like it silently stares at me in the back of my head. A world-view-changing Novella, but that only if you relate to the situation and ideology that Noboru or Ryuji present.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
1.5/5
This book was disturbing.
I didn’t find the characters realistic; the boys’ attitudes seemingly extreme, unnatural and convoluted.
It also felt to have underlying misogynistic views (though it was published in the early sixties, it doesn’t make it okay).
+ .5 for the well-written prose.
This book was disturbing.
I didn’t find the characters realistic; the boys’ attitudes seemingly extreme, unnatural and convoluted.
It also felt to have underlying misogynistic views (though it was published in the early sixties, it doesn’t make it okay).
+ .5 for the well-written prose.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What the fuck. Good book but what did I just read??
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
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:
Complicated
This book was a complex metaphor about life that went over my head formed into prose about a philosophical young man rejecting growing up and becoming complacent with a previously admired man in his life conforming to a "traditional" life.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes