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A review by pero_tefi
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
3.0
it would have been a 2 if it weren't for its history. Cause look, its very accurate i imagine, of the times it was written, if you search the reviews theres someone that gave it 5 stars that explains how actually amazing the existence of this book is, and I get, cause a woman wrote it in the times beowulf was written, cause its the odysseus or ulysses type of classic but for Japanese, and its was done by a woman. So yeah, it gets a whole ass 4 if it were just for history.
But heres the thing, I couldn't even finish, cause I couldn't quite understand the writing, maybe cause im dumb, but this is my opinion. I do think japanese culture is incredibly interesting, and I could have continued reading this just for that reason and it truly pains me to choose the stop. But in all honesty the topics here don't quite interest me, it involves rape, it involves a bit of pedophilia, forgivable in the time it was written, but not now. It involves the dynamic of high class and low class japan, royalty and servants, and the women seen as some sort of collection. So, I've decided to stop, cause I'm not forced to learn everything about ancient japan, and I think I can use my time in vacation to read much more enjoyable books for ME. I'll probably read it some other time, but ultimately, I'm done, I wanna read fun stuff, it will be probably years before I try again.
REMEMBER IM SAYING THIS IS FULL OF ACCURATE INFORMATION CAUSE IT WAS LITERALLY WRITTEN IN TIMES THINGS WERE LIKE THIS I JUST DECIDED I DONT WANNA READ THIS HEAVY STUFF WITH EVENTS IM NOT OKAY WITH RIGHT NOW. okay done
But heres the thing, I couldn't even finish, cause I couldn't quite understand the writing, maybe cause im dumb, but this is my opinion. I do think japanese culture is incredibly interesting, and I could have continued reading this just for that reason and it truly pains me to choose the stop. But in all honesty the topics here don't quite interest me, it involves rape, it involves a bit of pedophilia, forgivable in the time it was written, but not now. It involves the dynamic of high class and low class japan, royalty and servants, and the women seen as some sort of collection. So, I've decided to stop, cause I'm not forced to learn everything about ancient japan, and I think I can use my time in vacation to read much more enjoyable books for ME. I'll probably read it some other time, but ultimately, I'm done, I wanna read fun stuff, it will be probably years before I try again.
REMEMBER IM SAYING THIS IS FULL OF ACCURATE INFORMATION CAUSE IT WAS LITERALLY WRITTEN IN TIMES THINGS WERE LIKE THIS I JUST DECIDED I DONT WANNA READ THIS HEAVY STUFF WITH EVENTS IM NOT OKAY WITH RIGHT NOW. okay done