389 reviews for:

Lagartija

Banana Yoshimoto, Gabriel Álvarez Martínez

3.75 AVERAGE

maxw's review against another edition

4.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

yusrah's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

charliefloris's review against another edition

3.0

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pretty good, but i was honestly expecting a novel, not short stories so maybe my rating would be higher if i were more observant and known this was stories

madelinevaneetvelde's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Newlywed 4

Lizard 5

Helix 3

Dreaming of Kimchee 5/5 (fav)

Blood and water 4/5

A strange tale from down by the river 5/5

thenthememoriesfade's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

neggativitea's review against another edition

3.0

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Me gusta leer a Banana Yoshimoto porque nunca sé de qué está hablando pero amo leer todo lo que escribe porque me deja la misma sensación que ver una película del Studio Ghibli.

courtthelibra's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-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

emanon_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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I think my tried review of this book is 3.8 stars. I’m definitely a bigger fan of Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi but nonetheless Lizard has its good quirks. It focuses on a different set of emotions. I noticed a lot of rediscovery and the reoccurring theme of starting over while still acknowledging the past

tribadarte's review against another edition

4.0

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me encanta leer a banana yoshimoto, siempre es relajante o reconfortante a pesar de sus temas. no es su mejor libro pero aún así es super chulo, se lee rápido y tiene siempre un toque de esperanza que la misma autora describe como juvenil (todo el mundo se dirige al cambio y siempre hay una conclusión)

katalinstreet's review against another edition

4.0

relaxing sad

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banana yoshimoto wrote this to explore time, healing, karma and fate. she also wrote “i believe that we are not born with hope, but rather it comes to us as a transforming force”. i’ve never been so invested in seeing how hope is discovered for the first time in these characters, even how much they doubted the arrival of hope. i need more slice of life books like this!