7.52k reviews for:

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

3.94 AVERAGE

melisanaras's review against another edition

2.25

challenging mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

joewildem's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Una lectura conmovedora, capaz de tocar puntos sensibles si se ha experimentado un duelo por pérdidas. La narrativa es sencilla y las dos historias que se presentan son fáciles de leer. Los personajes adoptan un rol muy entrañable y en algún punto te llegas a identificar con las formas de ser de alguno.

mupi's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

olorin23's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad fast-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

lizzieao's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5 stars

brittneyn125's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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: No

jenny_king's review against another edition

3.0

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Apart from hearing lots of amazing things about this book, I didn't actually know a great deal about this book before diving in. This book is actually 2 short short stories/novellas which primarily deal with issues such as grief, motherhood, sexuality and hope. Out of the 2 stories I preferred the second story, which was a bit sweeter and more hopeful.

I gave this about 3.5 stars because even though I enjoyed it while I was reading it, I think that it will fall into the forgettable type of book. But I will definitely pick up more by the author.

franzicalzelunghe's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

bibliothekblue's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

random_pages's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Nice stories about grief and loss, but they didn't make big impression on me.