1.41k reviews for:

The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

3.33 AVERAGE

angeybotas's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mongoosiah's review against another edition

2.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest

jennseeg's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

lizabethswann's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Beautifully written and so enticing... but then hits you with some problematic relationships which are encouraged??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest

the 'incest' relationship is between adoptive siblings but it still rubbed me the wrong way

readinsolitude_'s review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

apotofhoney's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense 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: Yes

sleepyriv's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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i would give this a higher rating if the main 'romance' wasnt between two characters who were raised as siblings!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

smol_berry's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous informative

ellamai's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

das_nomi's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was very confused by this book. I don’t know what I expected, but this was not it. I didn’t feel like there was a lot of character development. Yayoi definitely learned a lot about herself, but I didn’t feel like she grew at all as a person. It was a wild chase through their history and I really liked the quirky characters. I just didn’t feel like this book really moved me. It confused me, yes; it even weirded me out in places. I was sad and I felt Yayoi‘s pain at times, I liked her character analyses, but I didn’t feel like she really captured my interest.