Reviews

Floating Clouds by Lane Dunlop, Fumiko Hayashi

cricca's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.25

miri_dbr's review against another edition

3.0

3.5/5

Historia de una obsesión en el Japón de la posguerra. He sido incapaz de tolerar a la pareja protagonista pero me quedo con ganas de leer más novelas de esta autora.

hklnvgl's review against another edition

4.0

«Es extraño que te conociera en un sueño», le dice la protagonista de esta novela al hombre casado con el que estuvo involucrada, durante la guerra, en Indochina. Todo (él, ella, el Japón que los recibe) ha cambiado cuando se reencuentran, pero ella se empeña en querer replicar ese idilio que ya es poco más que un recuerdo.

mercurialrush's review against another edition

2.0

tomioka is #1 on my hit list

spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition

2.0

Très magnifiquement écrit, mais je n'ai pas bien apprécié.

teafairy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.75

jilmank's review against another edition

4.0

Fumiko Hayashi's prose is beautiful and the story of Floating clouds is interesting, but it's impossible not to dislike pretty much every character.

umbreen's review against another edition

4.0

This book was painfully beautiful. I wanted to hate all the main characters and at some points I did, but then I would remember how terrible it must be to live like that, going through the war and then drifting everywhere but nowhere because you don't have a place to belong to, and I'd forgive them for all the awful things they'd say and do. There is just so much emotion in this book - it's almost overwhelming.

colombitaita's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Tomioka y Yukiko me dieron dolores de cabeza, pero aún así recomendaría el libro por la increíble descripción que hace la autora de Tokio y sus habitantes después de perder la guerra, contrastando con la belleza de la indochina francesa, donde los protagonistas encontraron la felicidad a la que se aferran durante todo el libro.

blankgarden's review against another edition

3.0

My thoughts: https://theblankgarden.com/2021/02/01/review-floating-clouds-by-fumiko-hayashi/