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A review by tealeafbooks
My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn
3.0
3.5 stars
I don't know about YOUR reading experiences, but I can definitely say that I have never read a book like this one. Some circumstances and exchanges (dialogue and/or gesture) seem unoriginal and common (even overused in YA), but other aspects of this novel were refreshing for their unfamiliarity.
Without moving into spoilers: I haven't read a novel set in Tokyo before--and even if I had, it was not under these specific circumstances. I've seen swimming threads, clique threads, and friendship threads similar to the ones here--and yet I haven't.
I leave the book wanting more. Did it end too quickly? What about so and so? What happened to him? What about her mother? Am I pleased that certain things were predictable? (Like a certain eventual cat's name?) What is the future of Elle's relationships?
So, yes, I wondered about certain unaddressed points at the end and it felt semi-rushed (though, on a scale of maximum rushing (1o) to un-rushed/well-paced (0), I'd give it a 4), but it was a good read in its audiobook form.
I actually wouldn't mind a sequel (I write this cautiously), IF it remained close to the characters and their struggles/conflicts/interactions and didn't drift off into fluff.
I don't know about YOUR reading experiences, but I can definitely say that I have never read a book like this one. Some circumstances and exchanges (dialogue and/or gesture) seem unoriginal and common (even overused in YA), but other aspects of this novel were refreshing for their unfamiliarity.
Without moving into spoilers: I haven't read a novel set in Tokyo before--and even if I had, it was not under these specific circumstances. I've seen swimming threads, clique threads, and friendship threads similar to the ones here--and yet I haven't.
I leave the book wanting more. Did it end too quickly? What about so and so? What happened to him? What about her mother? Am I pleased that certain things were predictable? (Like a certain eventual cat's name?) What is the future of Elle's relationships?
So, yes, I wondered about certain unaddressed points at the end and it felt semi-rushed (though, on a scale of maximum rushing (1o) to un-rushed/well-paced (0), I'd give it a 4), but it was a good read in its audiobook form.
I actually wouldn't mind a sequel (I write this cautiously), IF it remained close to the characters and their struggles/conflicts/interactions and didn't drift off into fluff.