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Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

3.94 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I LOVE BANANA

semi-objectief en in zijn tijd: 3,5 ?
subjectief: 2,5

'Mensen bezwijken niet onder omstandigheden en krachten van buitenaf, ze worden van binnenuit verslagen' (125)
mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

devoured this; favorite thing i’ve read in a long time

Den version jeg læste var oversat lidt mærkeligt den havde ligesom nogle fejl så det ødelagde det lidt, men den var så god.

Very gentle and beautiful writing about dealing with grief in both stories in this book. Liked the second one even more than the first. 


I also am generally impressed how this book from the late 80's includes trans characters, although the specific language used might be a bit different today.  
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

Not what I expected it to be, but a very interesting and emotional shorty. 7.75/10.
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

A really lovely reflection on grief and identity.