Reviews

Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto

moontsecp's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

la verdad tengo sentimientos encontrados, pero este libro me hizo sentir mucha paz y me dejó con ganas de disfrutar la vida

jupitermandra's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

rachelasteen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

2.5

insp84's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

keurimjanee's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

2.75

pekoegal's review against another edition

2.0

Maybe I just didn't get this one. It seemed to ramble on and on without ever getting to the point the author was trying to make. I feel like it would be have been more coherent as a shorter novel.

celka's review

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

charlottekook's review

3.0

interesting. i definitely prefer the other, shorter novel of hers i've read (kitchen), but this is still quite endearing. i found it slow to get through, though nothing in particular happens, and even when it does it's not at all what i was expecting - there's barely anything about her sister's death and the book her boyfriend wrote about it, which the blurb suggests is a main point of action.

it's sweet, it felt very representative of someone in her early twenties finding everything deeply important and significant, and doing that while trying to recover from physical and emotional trauma. there's a nice naive profundity to it.

indy148's review

4.0

Lovely novel about the journey of life we take. Set in Japan, it mentions many places I visited when I lived there. Really well written.

aeski's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I love Banana’s writing style but this book was so long and bland. I wanted to like it but I really struggled to stay engaged. It is possible that I didn’t relate to the themes as much as her previous books and that is why it didn’t appeal to me. I also wasn’t a fan of the supernatural elements. Of all of Banana’s books, I would not recommend this one to a friend.