chbeyer 's review for:

The Frolic of the Beasts by Yukio Mishima

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book sure was interesting, not my favorite but it wasn’t horrible. The story unfolded in a way where at first it was a big mystery and I kept reading to solve that mystery and once that was teased out I was reading to see where the journey of the character would end up. I found myself confused at the start, I think things were very vague and maze like but not detrimentally so. I really did not like the characters, I found them to be unrelatable and if this wasn’t such a short book I don’t know if I could’ve kept reading about them. I enjoyed the writing and the story but not the characters and yet, the characters are the story. A weird paradox.