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sakisreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
What did I just read? 😂
It felt like a cross between 1984 and The Memory Police, but in a much more mystical way. I wish I liked it more; it had the potential to be weird and whimsical, but unfortunately it fell short.
Every time you’d get to a good part, it would skip to something else and I felt very lost 🥺
I’m giving it 2.5 out of 5 stars, thank you ✨
It felt like a cross between 1984 and The Memory Police, but in a much more mystical way. I wish I liked it more; it had the potential to be weird and whimsical, but unfortunately it fell short.
Every time you’d get to a good part, it would skip to something else and I felt very lost 🥺
I’m giving it 2.5 out of 5 stars, thank you ✨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This book presents interesting ideas, but these ideas are merely presented and are not expanded upon in any way. There was potential for there to be a really interesting commentary on these themes with an interesting concept, but unfortuantely, it falls flat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Chronic illness
Moderate: Body horror and Death
uranaishi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
sea_sea's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book was really really good! It was immensely interesting and well written. It really puts the customs and ways of our society into perspective. It also raises awareness for global warming, by setting the story in a future dystopian world, where the earth has been poisoned by humans. The story mostly centers around Yoshiro and his great-grandson Mumei. I really enjoyed their relationship and how much Yoshiro learned from Mumei. I also really like the concept, that the elderly probably cannot die, while the young people are always sick and very likely won’t live for long. It was such a surreal and interesting read, not like anything I have read before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Chronic illness
bookiesncookies's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
how bizarre, how bizarre
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Xenophobia
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