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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
medium-paced
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
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
Ah Kiyo you silly bugger. I always say: never let teenagers make life-altering decisions.
One little grumble:
Mishima follows Tolstoy in that he directly inserts discussions of the overarching themes of his work directly into the novel; this took me out of the story somewhat and I really didn’t enjoy the handful of sit-down chats about reincarnation that the characters had.
These aren’t as egregious as Tolstoy’s “and now I will mention the progress of the perception of history in the west for 18 chapters”, and they are all couched within the context of the story, for example the final discussion was “the monk talked at length to Honda about Buddhism. She went on and on and Honda was bored out of his skull”.
But still, I hate having to reread stuff multiple times to make sure I understood it. Flashbacks to the interminable dreck that was Pride and Prejudice.
Final thoughts? Glad nobody killed themselves, seeing as so much of Mishima was in Kiyoaki.
Killed themselves YET, I mean. 3 books to go!
One little grumble:
Mishima follows Tolstoy in that he directly inserts discussions of the overarching themes of his work directly into the novel; this took me out of the story somewhat and I really didn’t enjoy the handful of sit-down chats about reincarnation that the characters had.
These aren’t as egregious as Tolstoy’s “and now I will mention the progress of the perception of history in the west for 18 chapters”, and they are all couched within the context of the story, for example the final discussion was “the monk talked at length to Honda about Buddhism. She went on and on and Honda was bored out of his skull”.
But still, I hate having to reread stuff multiple times to make sure I understood it. Flashbacks to the interminable dreck that was Pride and Prejudice.
Final thoughts? Glad nobody killed themselves, seeing as so much of Mishima was in Kiyoaki.
Killed themselves YET, I mean. 3 books to go!
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
challenging
slow-paced