5.77k reviews for:

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

4.07 AVERAGE

_zozoee_'s review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alexandrangu's review against another edition

4.0

informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

sunnytrajectory's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Usually don’t go for sad books, but this one is definitely something that made me rethink of how to live life. Even though there are hard times and people go through so much, we were meant to see and listen to the world and I can’t get over that. Such a reflective piece of art and something I would enjoy reading again. 

maartinax's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring 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: Yes

tatianasb's review against another edition

3.0

emotional medium-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: Yes

resoph's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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

lucyt543's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring 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

janettebm's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

gryreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Well, awalnya aku mengira buku ini cuma sekadar buku genre slice of life biasa dengan taburan kutipan-kutipan bagus tentang kehidupan. Ternyata aku salah, salah banget! 

Dari halaman-halaman awalnya, aku udah merasakan kesan "hangat" yang merayap. Awalnya kesal sama sifat Sentaro yang acuh tak acuh sama kehidupannya... sampai Tokue datang. Semuanya berubah. Aku sedih banget dengan semua yang udah dilalui sama Sentaro dan Tokue yang diceritakan di buku ini. Pun aku kesal sama Bos Toko yang seenaknya dan tidak tau diri, menurutku. Sampai aku menyelesaikan buku ini, aku sadar kalo karakter Sentaro yang kesepian itu lagi aku rasain sekarang. Hal-hal inilah yang buat aku seakan benar-benar masuk ke dalamnya, jadi bagian dari mereka.

Narasi dan dialog yang disampaikan penulis dengan sudut pandang orang ketiga (yang didominasi oleh Sentaro) sukses buat emosiku melonjak-lonjak. Sedih, bahagia, marah, semua aku rasain. Meskipun di bagian akhir menurutku kurang, tapi mungkin lebih baik diceritakan sampai situ saja. 

Bintang lima layak banget untuk buku ini! Aku mau peluk Sentaro dan Tokue dan Wakana.

alina_marcoci's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective medium-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