Reviews - Sweet Bean Paste

5.78k reviews for:

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

4.07 AVERAGE

jamo_etc's review against another edition

2.75

hopeful lighthearted sad 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

theoriginaledi's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad

Content Warnings

casecase131d's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

mishmish16's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Content Warnings

shellscharlotte's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

chuuyazai's review against another edition

3.75

emotional 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

jamietherebelliousreader's review against another edition

3.0

3 stars. Beautifully written and a sweet story but I was incredibly bored. I don’t have much to say. The characters were great and well developed for such a short read but there was nothing happening to make me get invested into them and their story unfortunately.

_trying_to_read_more_'s review against another edition

2.5

informative reflective sad medium-paced

bjhg5053's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

applestokiwis's review against another edition

2.0

This book was a cute slice of life story. The writing, despite it being a translation, was really beautiful and gave you a great sense of the passage of time using the seasons and nearby blossoming cherry tree. The characters felt real each with their own personal struggles. At one point, I loved this book but everything changed for me the last quarter of the book. At that point it starts to feel like we're going nowhere. The book fizzles out towards the end and then ends with such ambiguity. Really disappointing.

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