lakambini 's review for:

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
4.25
hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

 Two novellas in one book, both dealing with grief and coping with the aftermath of it. Not for everyone, but as someone who has dealt with loss and experienced a similar feeling of emptiness and ambiguity afterward, I enjoyed it. The language is a bit clunky, though I am not certain if its due to the translation, or if that's also how it's written in Japanese.

Of the two novellas, I preferred the second one, "Moonlight Shadow" slightly more. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings