Reviews

De laatste kinderen van Tokyo by Yōko Tawada

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 ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

wolperding's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.25

lavender_menace's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

salicer's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

sequentialstate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

addicted2booksstefania's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 | Finally a great book! It’s accessible, the writing is amazing, and the story is complex and interesting!

charlottevg's review

reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

fallandfox's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Após um desastre no Japão se corta do resto do mundo. As crianças estão fracas e não conseguem andar ou ficar em pé, com os idosos sendo os únicos a conseguir se manter em pé. Mumei vive com seu bisavô Yoshiro, que se preocupa com ele. Mesmo para um garoto doente, ele é livre de pessimismo e oferece para seu bisavô “a esperança de um tempo bonito que continua para vir”.
Eu senti que a escrita do livro foi confusa, não era uma escrita ruim mas ao mesmo tempo dava a impressão de que muita coisa foi cortada ou que era para ser a introdução de um livro maior.
Recomendarei para quem quer ler algo rápido e meio magico em relação às pessoa e sua experiências mas já sabendo que minha opinião foi de um meio e final confuso.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

nickel_is_neat's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A fun short book, but I think a longer story would have made the characters more compelling. As is, the book is not so engaging. 

sippinpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0