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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I went into this book blind and thought it was going to have a very different plot. When we learned that Mina was sick and frail, I thought it was going to be a haunting story, where we learn that the fressy and the light room were health experiments trialed on Mina. Boy was I wrong.
Once I settled into the fact that it was an exploration of the mundane and childhood imagination and friendship I had a lot of fun reading it. Mina’s stories in the match boxes were my favourite. And the oddness of Pochiko.
I wish it were more poetically written to compliment the whimsical story.
Once I settled into the fact that it was an exploration of the mundane and childhood imagination and friendship I had a lot of fun reading it. Mina’s stories in the match boxes were my favourite. And the oddness of Pochiko.
I wish it were more poetically written to compliment the whimsical story.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
N/A
This is possibly the most lovingly rendered set of memories I have ever encountered, even the ones in my own head. It now sits high atop all of the lowlier memories of my own life, riding high on the pygmy hippopotamus of my hippocampus
I’d read Yoko Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police a few years ago and had found the writing beautiful but the story to be much darker than I could handle.
This story is overall lighthearted, so I found myself bracing for a gruesome ending that never came.
It drags a little bit for me, and there’s a rather abrupt Zionist propaganda paragraph, but the writing is just as beautiful as I’d expected. Four stars.
This story is overall lighthearted, so I found myself bracing for a gruesome ending that never came.
It drags a little bit for me, and there’s a rather abrupt Zionist propaganda paragraph, but the writing is just as beautiful as I’d expected. Four stars.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another perfect book by Yoko Ogawa, Mina's Matchbook is a very special story about friendship and a sense of home. Although I shed a tear towards the end, it brought me joy.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No