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A review by leebraries
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i have found what i am looking for, and it is this book.
my god. where do i begin?
i suppose i must start by saying that i truly love this book. it was charming, with beautiful prose and a wonderful premise that drew me to it in the first place. how strange too, that i somehow came across this book in the most random of places — i’d been looking for the cover of another book on pinterest, and somehow stumbled upon this one. perhaps some internet form of sayuri komachi looked into my soul too and found that this lovely, lovely little book was exactly what i needed right now.
and it really was lovely. the stories were all unique in their own way, yet tethered by their connections to sayuri, nozomi, and the library; the hatori community house; and, surprisingly, to each other (in the roundabout way all surprising connections are). each found something in the library, and while their realizations are by no means epiphanies, they all shifted something within them. they became alight with purpose. it teaches a lot about mundanity and daily life and the struggles we as people — as human beings — go through. how sometimes, all we need is a push in the right direction, and it’s there we find clarity within ourselves, for ourselves.
honestly, there is SO much more i have to say about this book, little nuances that i loved and appreciated, clever little anecdotes and lines that i couldn’t help but grin at, but i am a college student dying and procrastinating and so i must put this down and begin work. but i’m grateful nonetheless that i was able to come across this book, as it’s now become one of my favorite books of all time. to end, i’ll put down the quote i loved the most, one i wish for all to hear:
my god. where do i begin?
i suppose i must start by saying that i truly love this book. it was charming, with beautiful prose and a wonderful premise that drew me to it in the first place. how strange too, that i somehow came across this book in the most random of places — i’d been looking for the cover of another book on pinterest, and somehow stumbled upon this one. perhaps some internet form of sayuri komachi looked into my soul too and found that this lovely, lovely little book was exactly what i needed right now.
and it really was lovely. the stories were all unique in their own way, yet tethered by their connections to sayuri, nozomi, and the library; the hatori community house; and, surprisingly, to each other (in the roundabout way all surprising connections are). each found something in the library, and while their realizations are by no means epiphanies, they all shifted something within them. they became alight with purpose. it teaches a lot about mundanity and daily life and the struggles we as people — as human beings — go through. how sometimes, all we need is a push in the right direction, and it’s there we find clarity within ourselves, for ourselves.
honestly, there is SO much more i have to say about this book, little nuances that i loved and appreciated, clever little anecdotes and lines that i couldn’t help but grin at, but i am a college student dying and procrastinating and so i must put this down and begin work. but i’m grateful nonetheless that i was able to come across this book, as it’s now become one of my favorite books of all time. to end, i’ll put down the quote i loved the most, one i wish for all to hear:
Belonging is an ambiguous state, you know. Take this place, for example. We can both be in the same place, but having that sheet of glass between us makes us feel as if what is happening on the other side is irrelevant, doesn’t it? Remove the partition, however, and instantly you become part of the same world. Even though it is all one to begin with.