Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Jeena Yi (Narrator)

15 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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'Breathtaking' Haruki Murakami, international bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Mido...

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Community Reviews Summary of 10,588 reviews

Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 76%
challenging 29%
sad 28%
hopeful 24%
informative 18%
inspiring 17%
dark 13%
tense 9%
funny 7%
relaxing 3%
lighthearted 2%
mysterious 2%
adventurous 1%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 42%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 85% | A mix: 12% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 7% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 8% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 41% | No: 38% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 15% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.93

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