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ennun 's review for:
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea
by Yukio Mishima
Well I have mixed feelings for sure. I enjoyed reading this, however there were a lot of parts that had me roll my eyes or staring at the ceiling going?????
To start off, I had a tiny bit of an issue here and there with the writing and I'm not actually sure if it's a problem with the story itself or the translation. I don't know, sometimes the text just felt a bit awkward, especially in the first half.
Now the characters, I think this was jam-packed with fragile masculinity issues (and if I understood correctly that's a result of Mishima's upbringing as well which put the whole story in perspective and thus made it more understanding) and holier than thought. It was very... Idk, distracting. It's a definitely a product of it's time. The mother was actually very nice and depicted in a great way, the sailor also became more and more likeable and humane as the story progressed. The children however were very weird. I can't really explain just how much the children made me go????
Also I figured where we would end up pretty fast, but I was actually quite disappointed to not see the actual murder happen.
To start off, I had a tiny bit of an issue here and there with the writing and I'm not actually sure if it's a problem with the story itself or the translation. I don't know, sometimes the text just felt a bit awkward, especially in the first half.
Now the characters, I think this was jam-packed with fragile masculinity issues (and if I understood correctly that's a result of Mishima's upbringing as well which put the whole story in perspective and thus made it more understanding) and holier than thought. It was very... Idk, distracting. It's a definitely a product of it's time. The mother was actually very nice and depicted in a great way, the sailor also became more and more likeable and humane as the story progressed. The children however were very weird. I can't really explain just how much the children made me go????
Also I figured where we would end up pretty fast, but I was actually quite disappointed to not see the actual murder happen.