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lipka's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The bridge was hardly long enough to say you had crossed it.Â
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    This reads like a twilight. It fits that so much of the dialogue takes place in the dwindling light, then in darkness around the nine o'clock bell. And the book is just so: a precious few conversations about Ineko, Inako.
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The dialogue is cradled in a holding pattern, or maybe circling a drain far in the middle of a manmade river. But it does spin. It does ripple, distorting and calming in turns the waves of memory, trauma, and responsibility.Â
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It's odd, maybe, but it's very Kawabata. The Dandelion is paused in the half-light, looking forward to dawn.Â
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child death, War, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexism
crazytourists_books's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
Japanese stories are special, different, with simpler prose but yet more melancholic and full of emotions.
This story had the potential of being great but I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing or overlooked. Half way through, I did a little search, and I found out that there is indeed something missing; the story is incomplete, Kawabata committed suicide and Dandelions were published posthumous.Â
Even so, I loved the atmosphere: sadness, melancholy, loneliness, love... and a few brilliant passages.Â
I will definitely read a complete work by Kawabata, I am sure it will be worth it.Â
This story had the potential of being great but I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing or overlooked. Half way through, I did a little search, and I found out that there is indeed something missing; the story is incomplete, Kawabata committed suicide and Dandelions were published posthumous.Â
Even so, I loved the atmosphere: sadness, melancholy, loneliness, love... and a few brilliant passages.Â
I will definitely read a complete work by Kawabata, I am sure it will be worth it.Â
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
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