A review by sandeeisreading
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.25

๐™ฑ๐šž๐š, ๐™ธ ๐š๐š˜๐š—โ€™๐š ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š , ๐š–๐šŠ๐šข๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š’๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š•๐š˜๐š—๐š ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š’๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šžโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š•๐šข ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š›. ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐šข๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š•๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐š“๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š’๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐šŠ ๐šœ๐š–๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š’๐š.

Heartwarming, cozy, and relatable. I donโ€™t think there is really much more to say about this book other than that.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ:

1. Easy to read.
2. Itโ€™s short.
3. Takakoโ€™s growth.
4. Rekindling someoneโ€™s love for reading. We always love reading about those.
5. Takakoโ€™s relationship with her uncle and her aunt.
6. The friendships and the interactions Takako had with the people in town.
7. A lot of good quotes.
8. Relatable. I was able to relate to a lot of Takakoโ€™s struggles.

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop heavily relies on its characters rather than its plot. If youโ€™re the type of reader who prefers plot driven books, this might not be for you. There were no overly dramatic climax or conflict thatโ€™ll overwhelm you with emotions. It did made me sob a little bit towards the end but that was that. I personally think books like these are a breath of fresh air. One of the reasons why Iโ€™m so drawn to Japanese translated literature lately is because of how easily digestible they are. This book was no different. Iโ€™d highly recommend reading this if youโ€™re looking for a heartwarming book that feels like a warm embrace.