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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
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
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Perhaps the things I valued the most about this book are the honesty and the guilt. Although the latter had me feeling rather uncomfortable all throughout. There is a superior form of inferiority here that I am not particularly a fan of, but nonetheless a significant book that allows you to see repressed and homophobic queerness close up. Maybe closer than I would like.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Don't be fooled by the slimness of this book. What appears at first glance to be a slight volume is deceiving. One could condense this book down to one sentence - a young Japanese man attempts to come to grips with his homosexuality during and after the war - but to do so would shortchange Mishima's genius. Even in translation, the passages leap off the page in their stark, sometimes violent, beauty.
4/5 stars
I...liked this book...a lot.
The narrative was really well written and even though I was not a fan of the cannibalism and sadomasochism depicted in here, it was mostly done with taste? idk how to explain but it all made sense in the end. Mishima is one crazy man though
I...liked this book...a lot.
The narrative was really well written and even though I was not a fan of the cannibalism and sadomasochism depicted in here, it was mostly done with taste? idk how to explain but it all made sense in the end. Mishima is one crazy man though