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How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino

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sfergie's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted 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

4.75

tiakiwi's review against another edition

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inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

afterttherain's review

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5.0

“Still, I can become a good person. I can become a good person and create one good person for the world. And I think that if I can just do that, then I might become a person who can create even more than that.”

Such a gentle examination of humanity and how we function as a society but also as individuals.

banana04's review against another edition

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4.0

It got boring and sometimes it felt too much like a moral lesson in a childish ways. But lemme tell you it does a great job laying out the stuff that matters, I'm definitely not the target audience for this, but it still got so much stuff that mamaged to hit me in personal ways, I really really enjoyed it, I wish for Ghibli to give the adaptation this deserves

aubreyw08's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

5.0

There isn’t much of a plot to this which strays from my normal type of book but I really enjoyed it.
It is a little information heavy.
In so areas it info-dumps on a few topics which I enjoyed but can be annoying if you are just trying to enjoy the story.
It made an impact on me.
I really liked how this book just made me stop and think about the little things in life. It caused me to appreciate things more deeply. I plan to even start a notebook just like Copper and his uncle did.
It was enjoyable to read.
The writing style was good and the translation was done well. It is definitely not a type of book that would be good for someone who is looking for something more of a plot. There is no climax or big thing but I really needed it. It was a good break/refresher to the books I normally read.

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5 Stars

I highly recommend.

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