Reviews - La Marche de Mina

806 reviews for:

La Marche de Mina

Yōko Ogawa

3.79 AVERAGE

cait_123's review against another edition

3.75

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

trononomics's review against another edition

2.5

reflective slow-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

This book was well written. There is strong character development, and the whole story is quite captivating, but ultimately falls flat as there's no real main plot. Rather, there are several smaller plots and dramas involving family dynamics and blended cultures. It reminds me of The Remains of The Day for this reason. There is a lot of introspection and you spend a lot of time with one character in a kind of day to day reflection of a time in a life.

msaylaa's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

israaa's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

naomimichael's review against another edition

1.0

To preface, I listened to the audiobook. Could have been a two without the zionist remarks (wonder if the translation obscured the original Japanese but the English is what I have to go off of).

Coming of age story with a lot of tension building up to … nothing? Maybe could read it as the grandeur of youth fizzling out to an average adulthood. To me it’s a book about the daily life of one family with a couple of compelling characters and others that are constantly praised for their charm and beauty without much exploration of their character. Anyways disappointed even though I tempered expectations given audiobook vs book