15.1k reviews for:

Muistipoliisi

Yōko Ogawa

3.77 AVERAGE

julia_palindrome's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

castlemanholly's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

joytianyi's review against another edition

3.25

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i was expecting more from this i think. it was quite contemplative but never enough in a way that was satisfying, so you spend the entire book wondering if anything will happen. any conflict is also like resolved with cop outs i feel like is lame. i think i who will never know men is similar but i feel like the takeaways from that are much more meaningful so that book is much better

berenicemarienoelle's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

miiaria's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

bretrwarner's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Make sure you get to the end. 

koblally's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jams19's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jamesfitz3's review against another edition

3.75

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Really liked this book until I didn’t. The ending is just. Not for me

seethinglloron's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Lilting and twisting prose, really felt like my brains were melting out of my ears but in a good way. I thought the novel within a novel framing was fantastic. In some ways I felt too dumb for this book. It dragged a bit for me in the middle and felt unsatisfying in the end but I bumped up a quarter star because I know I'm wrong for thinking the ending wasn't genius, and it just gave me a low, skin-deep anxiety.