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Per le strade di Tokyo, by Nick Bradley

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chaotic_corvid's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wiele postaci, przez to czasami bez notatek trudno skojarzyć o kogo chodzi, wszystko łączy kot i sprawy wokół niego oraz motwy takie jak samotność czy ból. Niektóre tematy są trochę dziwnie poruszone i rozwinięte. Warto sprawdzić trigger warnings. Trudno mi określić jak bkisko realiom jest obraz spoleczeństwa oraz kultury Tokio w książce ale na pewno jest dosyć rozbudowany i z wielu perspektyw. Ogólnie to ciekawy debiut literacki.

sunskyleia's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mollyjfi's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

darth_lil's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I genuinely thought I’d love this book. I honestly loved the first story. But then I realised it was not a book that the synopsis promised it to be. I needed more cat. I needed more of Japanese culture. I needed it to be less obviously written from a westerner’s perspective. And mainly, I needed more cat and better connectivity between all of the stories. Though, it was still a good read.

_katiaz_'s review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

meg_sc's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I think this is another one of those books that was marketed wrong - I did really enjoy some of the stories that met the branding of "sweet, emotional tale involving a cat", but those stories are the minority in this book. I found the descriptions of sex really jarring and tacky, and almost gave up reading during the first chapter. Even though some of the stories did draw me in, the depictions of sex, sexual violence, and animal abuse were very abrupt and squashed any enjoyment of the other stories. In fact, if you picked up this book because you like cats, here's a warning that

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one chapter main character lashes out at the cat and breaks it's jaw as it approaches her, in a really randomly violent moment, and in another story there are depictions of multiple dead cats.

I did enjoy how the narratives tied together, but I feel that it could have been done better and ultimately wasn't very clear. I also don't think this book benefited at all from being a westerner's perspective of Japan.

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