My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

My Year of Meats

Ruth Ozeki

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In a single eye-opening year two women, worlds apart, experience parallel awakenings. In New York, Jane Takagi-Little lands a job producing a Japanese television show sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, exposing some unsavoury truths...

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Moods

informative 71%
emotional 63%
reflective 57%
dark 49%
challenging 41%
funny 30%
sad 29%
tense 20%
hopeful 19%
adventurous 15%
inspiring 15%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 74%
fast 13%
slow 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 58% | Character: 34% | Plot: 7%

Strong character development?

Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 9% | No: 4%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 70% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 3% | No: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 51% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 20% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

4.06

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