A review by vickie101101
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Sei Shōnagon

3.0

This year, I am focusing on reading more international books. This is how I borrowed "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" from my local library. I read reviews on Goodreads before taking this book out and had high hopes. Unfortunately, I did not love this book. I wanted to love this book, but I did not. I found sections to be dry and cumbersome. I often caught myself dosing off. The thing that I did enjoy, however, was the sense of humour throughout the book. I often found myself smirking over some of the passages. Before reading this book, I had no idea about the dry sense of humour that was present during this time period. Overall, I liked this book, but I would not recommend this book except to people who are wanting to learn about this time frame in Japanese culture.