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A review by kerropiz
From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
4.5
i think this book is magical.
maybe it’s because i needed something like this, or maybe it’s because i’ve been through my share of wishing for happy endings and still coming up short. and maybe, ultimately—because it almost always comes down to this, i was losing hope for .. something.
but genuinely, i connected with this book on such a level that i honestly didn’t think i would’ve.
now, i don’t mean magical in the sense that it solved all my lingering emotions. the book had its set themes and tackled them wholeheartedly, albeit almost surface level. but the characters, especially rika, all have a heart to them. and its characters like rika who have the experiences that she does that makes you believe that actually yeah, i can have whatever happily ever after i wanted when i was young—regardless of the fact that societally? a happy ever after isn’t meant to be in the cards for me.
i think that it came into my life at the right time. it definitely wasn’t a perfect book—more like a crash course on asian hate and the experience of feeling so out of place in a society that deems you unworthy of existence—but it’s a nice, funny, sweet, enchanting start to it.
and maybe i just needed a fairytale to believe in today.
maybe it’s because i needed something like this, or maybe it’s because i’ve been through my share of wishing for happy endings and still coming up short. and maybe, ultimately—because it almost always comes down to this, i was losing hope for .. something.
but genuinely, i connected with this book on such a level that i honestly didn’t think i would’ve.
now, i don’t mean magical in the sense that it solved all my lingering emotions. the book had its set themes and tackled them wholeheartedly, albeit almost surface level. but the characters, especially rika, all have a heart to them. and its characters like rika who have the experiences that she does that makes you believe that actually yeah, i can have whatever happily ever after i wanted when i was young—regardless of the fact that societally? a happy ever after isn’t meant to be in the cards for me.
i think that it came into my life at the right time. it definitely wasn’t a perfect book—more like a crash course on asian hate and the experience of feeling so out of place in a society that deems you unworthy of existence—but it’s a nice, funny, sweet, enchanting start to it.
and maybe i just needed a fairytale to believe in today.