Reviews

Dandelions by Yasunari Kawabata

drstrangelove's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

stephanini's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

forcefedglass's review

4.0

You are also unfinished

kxiong5's review

4.0

maybe not how one should start with Kawabata, but still extraordinary, subtle, and strange. things to remember: the ping pong scene, the ending with a pink rainbow, Kuno and Ineko, maybe something beyond Ineko’s mother’s interference. What a story this might have been if Kawabata had finished.

mogumogumigu's review

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

benrogerswpg's review against another edition

3.0

Candy is Dandy but Lions are Syphons

It was an okay book.

A little bit slow to be honest.

Not very politically correct in the lens of today, with regards to mental health.

3.0/5

luca4417's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

_betelgeuse_l's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.0

muniemoe's review

4.0

The feelings is not so settled in. Even after knowingthis is the unfinished work of Yasunari Kawabata. The story is quite dragginh especially on Ineko's father part.
But, skipping it make us wonder why Ineko suffering from somagnosia. If only the story can be finish, then we will know what happen between Kuno and Ineko's mother. As I am predicting the plot twist that might change the relationship between Ineko, Kuno and Ineko's mother.

slink's review

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? It's complicated

2.75