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I have a lot of thoughts about this book. I thought the storyline was interesting and has so much potential, and it still does, but the character development was so brutal. We basically know nothing about Katie after 300 pages other then her mother passed away and she wants to go live with her grandparents in Deep River. That's it. Did Katie have friends in New York? Did she have any interests before she moved to Japan? Did she know her father? Who is this girl? I still have no idea. Also, her reactions to things were a little annoying and there's so little dialogue between her and Tomo and yet they fall in love? What? Same thing with Tomo. Mom's dead. School kento star. Moody. Thats's all we really know. It kind of felt like I as watching a bad anime unfold, one with cool story potential but no character development so it was kind hard to really invest in what I was reading. Also, the love hotel scene. I can already tell that the author isn't going address that again but it was not ok. You can't really justify what happened there with a simple sorry when the implications are much deeper for young women.
All that said, but yes I am still going to read the second one because I need to know what happens.
All that said, but yes I am still going to read the second one because I need to know what happens.