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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

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cupcake10101's review

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

unsuccessful use of 1st/Plural that didn’t have any consistency with how the conceit actually functioned. why the author decided to use We but then tell a story of Shes is baffling and seems to miss the whole power of the group voice. this is too individualized to create any group sense, so basically just feels like a long list of dull, anonymous moments.

geenyas's review

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4.0

Reads like poetry

xanadu_'s review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

jennc's review

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4.0

Kind of like a prequel to When the Emperor was Divine. I didn’t like this one quite as much as that one but it was still really good and showed you how they got there in the first place. It gave me a window into a life I’ll never lead.

manglitter's review

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DNFed at page 82, I could not carry on reading because first, I didn't like the writing style with the constant repetition of "some of us" was really annoying and second, because it hurts to read what all these women went through, yes it is a fiction but it doesn't change the fact that those horrible things really happened to those Japanese women. I could not stomach more.
This is not a book that I will give a 5 stars rating or anything because it's just like saying: yeah, they suffered several sexual assaults and more, great let's give to their pain a good rating.