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Night on the Milky Way Train by Miyazawa Kenji

cupoftia's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

yusrah's review

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reflective medium-paced

3.5

little_raven's review against another edition

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3.0

Este libro me ha dejado un extraño sabor de boca.
Decidí leerlo porque me presentaron el relato principal, que da título al libro, como el equivalente japonés de [b:El Principito|866618|El Principito|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328876389s/866618.jpg|2180358]. Y si bien existen ciertas coincidencias (el viaje onírico por el "espacio", el compañero iniciático, etc.), la comparación me ha parecido algo exagerada. Tal vez no haya captado algún simbolismo fundamental, pero no me ha llegado. Además, no podría decir que es una novela corta que recomendaría a niños y adultos por igual, más bien solo a los segundos. Y de entre ellos, a los completistas de la literatura japonesa.

De todos modos, el estilo de Miyazawa es muy bueno, se lee rápido. De hecho, la he pasado en grande con los dos cuentos que cierran la obra, en especial el último, Gauche, el violonchelista, que paradójicamente, es el menos japonés de las tres piezas incluídas.

filmandfiction's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jiel's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective fast-paced

3.75

 A fantasy story wrapped in a philosophy about divinity, happiness and death. I feel like I've read similar theme before but reading this book is surely different. I'm still amazed how Miyazawa incorporates all this into a story of a train journey to the sky. I also like the illustrations in the Indonesian version published by Penerbit Mai, they're so gorgeous i can't help but staring at the drawing everytime I turn the pages.

But a few things that are still hanging make it difficult for me to give a perfect score. Even so, this book is good and worth reading especially if you like a fantasy story ⁠✧

meitaeryanti's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Aku suka ceritanya. Seru banget mengikuti perjalanan Giovanni dan Campanella menumpang kereta Bima Sakti mengarungi galaksi Bima Sakti. Di masa buku ini terbit, cerita fantasi macam ini kayaknya luar biasa banget ya. Aku takjub dengan ceritanya walaupun beraroma kesedihan dan suram. Tapi aku pingin mencari adaptasi filmnya :-D

Yang menarik dari buku ini, nama tokohnya tidak berbau Jepang. Tapi bisa jadi ceritanya memang untuk target pembaca yang lebih luas kali ya. Kalau yang suka buku fantasi harusnya suka sih sama buku ini. 

Ketika membaca buku ini aku tiba-tiba teringat cerita Candy Candy. Ilustrasinya juga seperti cocok banget. luv.

shainalite's review against another edition

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sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0


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stefieereads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

mmefish's review against another edition

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Turned out to be very heavy on religion.

febrfebrfebr's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0