A review by heavenlyrealms
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

4.0

4.5/5! ⭐️ Honestly, this book is kinda boring at the first chapter. I don’t feel like vibing or matching with it but as I keep reading, I finally found it. The meaning of this book. It’s hard for me to understand at first but then, I couldn’t stop reading and some parts of the book hits me.

The Nakano shop isn’t about a mere thrift shop. It’s all about a safe place for Mr. Nakano, Hitomi, Takeo, and Masayo. In the Nakano shop, we could learn about love from everyone. How to deal and fall in love with a silent-kinda-push-and-pull person like Takeo from Hitomi. How to understand about love and desires from Masayo. How to… keep everything from yourself and make people couldn’t read you like Takeo. And how to enjoying your life even though you’re old enough like Mr. Nakano. This shop is telling you about “loyalty” on your work and a person (even though you’ll get surprised over everything that happend in this book).

If you ever questioned yourself about love, about your own feelings towards someone then I bet you could relate to Hitomi! I really like the ending of this book. Even though the Nakano shop is closed, but the Nakano shop lives on forever.