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danielsalinas00's review
5.0
A heartfelt memoir written in a beautiful prose about life in Japan as a Japanese-passing foreigner, tour guiding, belonging, and the loss of a friendship.
goguma's review against another edition
3.0
We have so many ways to handle romantic breakups, but so few to navigate friendship breakups. It’s hard to talk about losing close friends. Most of us don’t have the vocabulary for it, because it feels like failing at a compulsory class everyone passes just for turning up. It’s a painful and embarrassing fuck-up, a wound you can’t admit to publicly.
Depending on the reader's particular circumstances, reading this book may lead to an entirely distinct viewpoint. Because it's likely that some people don't like to disappear without telling their friends when they feel they don't have the same wavelength, while others might enjoy doing so. But friends, talking about how terrible it is to lose a friend unexpectedly is so painful. Well through this book, i know those feelings are valid, and we sometimes need pukpuk for a while to bargain with those right?
shaguftap's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Gorgeous bittersweet reflections but some issues with structure that made it a bit confusing to follow at times. From persimmon jam to the behaviour of tourists to being a coffee shop regular to knowing how someone loves their eggs - I loved this book’s nostalgic snd beautiful reflections. A small book with a big impact.