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The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

3.34 AVERAGE

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious reflective medium-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

This was not the introduction to Yoshimoto I had hoped for…at large this is a short, intriguing story with an unsettling atmosphere which apparently translates into the relationships of the two main female characters. Both of which I believed completely unnecessary and let the story down. This could have gone somewhere much more exciting with its play of time, memory and truth. Some beautifully simple prose so I’m not writing off Yoshimoto all together but I felt I was promised something different to what I read. Ah well.
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twirlingpages's review

3.0

im sorry i was tapped out
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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