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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
- I don’t think the book captured everything it set out to
- idea is great, execution is sub par
- liked the writing and length
- idea is great, execution is sub par
- liked the writing and length
fast-paced
dark
sad
slow-paced
Honestly everyone else seems to have totally got this and liked it but it definitely wasn't for me. It felt so flat, entirely anticlimactic.
The only redeemable quality is probably the absurdity of it? I thought it was quite interesting how the boy spied on his own mother, but outside of that I couldn't have cared less. Lots of stuff seemed so ... pointless to have mentioned.
Like.... why did we need to know that Fusako did that silly little background check on her new found love? It beared absolutely ZERO significance and just felt like a whole 15 pages worth of.... filler ??? Normally I don't mind filler and it's never enough to recall, especially since it isn't usually a lot in comparison to the book, but need i need to have read about it and her sly digs at her famous friend when the book itself was a mere 181 pages long? Felt weird.
Probably would read something by Mishima again, but this one just wasn't the book for me!!
The only redeemable quality is probably the absurdity of it? I thought it was quite interesting how the boy spied on his own mother, but outside of that I couldn't have cared less. Lots of stuff seemed so ... pointless to have mentioned.
Like.... why did we need to know that Fusako did that silly little background check on her new found love? It beared absolutely ZERO significance and just felt like a whole 15 pages worth of.... filler ??? Normally I don't mind filler and it's never enough to recall, especially since it isn't usually a lot in comparison to the book, but need i need to have read about it and her sly digs at her famous friend when the book itself was a mere 181 pages long? Felt weird.
Probably would read something by Mishima again, but this one just wasn't the book for me!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Death, Violence
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was a really nice lil filler book for when i didn't really know what to read. was it life changing? no not really, but i can acknowledge it as being a really nice book.
i will say however, it has one of the best endings of any book i've ever read. the book itself was a nice exploration of love and commitment and maturity and etc etc, but the ENDING? WOOUF. THAT IS HOW YOU WRITE AN ENDING.
anyhoo, just a nice lil book about sailors and seas!
i will say however, it has one of the best endings of any book i've ever read. the book itself was a nice exploration of love and commitment and maturity and etc etc, but the ENDING? WOOUF. THAT IS HOW YOU WRITE AN ENDING.
anyhoo, just a nice lil book about sailors and seas!