Reviews - The Nakano Thrift Shop

910 reviews for:

The Nakano Thrift Shop

Hiromi Kawakami

3.34 AVERAGE

maiakunkel's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

maddieden's review against another edition

2.0

funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

northernfleabag's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cafeconjams's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

connoribbetson's review against another edition

5.0

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lucasavalos's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

doctor906's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted 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: No

I really wanted to like this book, because I loved Strange Weather in Tokyo but it just didn't grab me. I didn't like the way the story just jumped hours or days or sometimes months by the next sentence, it made it hard to follow. It seemed like the book couldn't decide if it was primary plot was Hitomi and Takeo's love story or Mr Nakanos shop adventures.

I did like the characters, Mr Nakanos and Masayo were light and fun, Hitomi too, Takeo was annoying and quite horrible at times but it seemed like he didn't know he was doing it.

The book does end quite well, funnily enough I part I enjoyed the most was when they shop closed down.

Also definitely not enough trains Kiara...

myem's review against another edition

4.0

this book maybe isn't for everyone, but i really liked how calming it was. If you're a fan of slice f life anime, i'd defo recommend because there's not much plot going on; you sort of just follow the characters through their everyday lives and there's something endearing about each character. Dialogue style took a bit of getting used to because its a bit all over the place (in a good way - i feel like it reflects what a normal conversation looks like). Romance wasn't show stopping but that's life