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arjuna's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
qiucumber's review against another edition
3.0
Five stories about women and their experiences with life, loss, food, and love among other things. This was a lovely and super quick read that managed to capture both quiet moments and sweeping life lessons with just a few stories.
"All of them had lived within that flow, and though each of us might strive or struggle against the current, we were all, in the end, part of the same water."
"All of them had lived within that flow, and though each of us might strive or struggle against the current, we were all, in the end, part of the same water."
rainbowfishy's review against another edition
3.25
not my fav short story collection from Yoshimoto, but she still can do no wrong in my eyes
jewishpadme's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
mariopartygod's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I enjoyed these mundane characters in situations that lie in the spectrum of mundane to surreal. The characters seemed hyper-realistic, having extremely human reactions that I might not expect to read in a work of fiction. The works varied in content, but had similar emotional textures of nostalgia, hope, sadness, regret... and I felt each of them resolved if not narratively than emotionally.
ninfane's review against another edition
2.0
2.5
Debo decir que mi mayor problema con este libro es la traducción, que es espantosa (siendo yo una persona que habla español rioplatense, y aclarando que no soy traductora), tiene demasiados modismos españoles y se siente acartonada, por lo cual sentí que me demoré en terminarlo. No noto eso (mayoritariamente) en las obras de Murakami de la misma editorial.
Mas alla de eso, hay cuentos que me gustaron mas que otros, y los puntos claves en los que se quiere centrar la autora son notorios, pero muchas ideas quedan en nada, tienen resoluciones muy simplistas, o directamente introduce un tema que parece tener mucha tela para cortar y posteriormente no se toca más.
Me gustó mucho más Kitchen que estos cuentos.
Debo decir que mi mayor problema con este libro es la traducción, que es espantosa (siendo yo una persona que habla español rioplatense, y aclarando que no soy traductora), tiene demasiados modismos españoles y se siente acartonada, por lo cual sentí que me demoré en terminarlo. No noto eso (mayoritariamente) en las obras de Murakami de la misma editorial.
Mas alla de eso, hay cuentos que me gustaron mas que otros, y los puntos claves en los que se quiere centrar la autora son notorios, pero muchas ideas quedan en nada, tienen resoluciones muy simplistas, o directamente introduce un tema que parece tener mucha tela para cortar y posteriormente no se toca más.
Me gustó mucho más Kitchen que estos cuentos.
rosemarygrace1211's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0