A review by bookwormdaily
Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.5

Ultimately, though, it’s living people that frighten me the most. It’s always seemed to me that nothing could be scarier than a person, because as dreadful as places can be, they’re still just places; and no matter how awful ghosts might seem, they’re just dead people. I always thought that the most terrifying things anyone could ever think up were the things living people came up with.:

This book is basically about characters that try to overcome their grief in their own way, it is reminiscent of the memories that they had with the person and how it impacts their life. The stories are very character’s driven story and i need to feel connected with them in order to enjoy the book. Sadly i didn’t feel those connections while reading this book. there are so many great quotes and opinions throughout the book, but it doesn’t guarantee that i can love the book based on that aspect alone. Maybe because this book is pretty slow too, i can’t truly understand the characters on a deeper level.