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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
informative
sad
medium-paced
emotional
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:
No
I enjoyed this thoroughly. It was a bit slow in the beginning but the ending really packed a punch. Good story about love and loss.
Femeia cu chimono alb este un roman pe care l-am asemănat cu o plimbare într-o livadă cu cireși. E primăvară, soarele încălzește pământul, copacii își întind ramurile spre cer și mugurii pocnesc. Florile de cireș sunt frumoase, gingașe și trecătoare. Exact așa cum este viața noastră. Te uiți, te minunezi de măreția naturii și un cerc de regret îți strânge inima. Te bucuri de ceea ce te înconjoară sau te agăți de regretul că mâine nimic nu va mai fi la fel? O combinație dulce amară între clipa din prezent și clipele care vor urma. Dar nu știm dacă acele clipe vor poposi și pe ramurile copacului vieții noastre.
” – Să alegi drumul cel bun înseamnă destin. Să alegi drumul greșit, înseamnă tot destin. Așa că trebuie să-l alegi pe cel pe care să-l iubești, și să fii pregătită să-ți iubesti alegerea.”
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emotional
sad
Beautiful story of denied love! Dual time line and written so very well!
This was a beautiful, heartbreaking book. A part of history I had not thought much about.
“Il dolore e la felicità non passano. Scavano nel profondo e diventano le nostre ossa. Ci reggiamo sulle loro gambe incerte, cercando di mantenere l’equilibrio quando non c’è. C’è soltano l’amore. Soltanto la verità.”
Eindelijk weer een een boek dat ik niet kon wegleggen! In een persoonlijk record van 3 dagen uitgelezen. Het verhaal van Naoko en de ontelbare andere vrouwen in de wereld die het gevoel hebben geen stem te hebben grijpt je en laat je niet meer los. Dit boek schept een prachtig beeld van een moeder die alles zal doen voor haar kind in een verstikkende cultuur waarin luisteren naar je hart lastiger is dan luisteren naar je hoofd.
Historical fiction at its finest. The decisions made by Naoko (and for her) reverberate through the lives of her and Jimmy. When her father dies Tori has a few clues that she pieces together to solve and understand his past.
This was a sweet story told between today and 1957. It’s a lovely story of love, heartache, bravery and strength. I enjoyed the stories of decisions and life meanings when the book was wrote from Japan 1957. I felt the ending came rather quickly and would have enjoyed more context around Tori’s journey after learning all of her fathers history.
the way I know how the story would end but I cried nonetheless. Beautifully written as it is captured the idea of how Japanese were still trying to recover from World War II and their nationalism was being challenged because of America's infiltration thus It was common until now that foreigners have a bad image in Japan.
I wish I could have had liked the story, however I found it to be difficult at the second arc but it was a good read nevertheless.
I wish I could have had liked the story, however I found it to be difficult at the second arc but it was a good read nevertheless.