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mobyskine's review against another edition
3.0
The starting chapter was okay and quite mysterious making me curious much. Story was simple, it narrates throughout Lucy's memories and flashbacks. Lovely and yet engrossing. I love the flashback of Teiji on how Lucy met him and falling in love. Then Lily came and every hidden feelings and secrets, back and forth in between Lucy's past and current been told. The narration was okay although I was a bit confused in between as 'Lucy' and 'I' from the paragraph.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
mobyskine's review against another edition
3.0
The starting chapter was okay and quite mysterious making me curious much. Story was simple, it narrates throughout Lucy's memories and flashbacks. Lovely and yet engrossing. I love the flashback of Teiji on how Lucy met him and falling in love. Then Lily came and every hidden feelings and secrets, back and forth in between Lucy's past and current been told. The narration was okay although I was a bit confused in between as 'Lucy' and 'I' from the paragraph.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
mobyskine's review against another edition
3.0
The starting chapter was okay and quite mysterious making me curious much. Story was simple, it narrates throughout Lucy's memories and flashbacks. Lovely and yet engrossing. I love the flashback of Teiji on how Lucy met him and falling in love. Then Lily came and every hidden feelings and secrets, back and forth in between Lucy's past and current been told. The narration was okay although I was a bit confused in between as 'Lucy' and 'I' from the paragraph.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
Point of the story was actually vague to me-- in term of what had really happened to both Teiji and Lily especially. This probably more of Lucy trying to find her inner self, her own feelings, discovering own identity and such. The tension created from both Lily and Teiji was somewhat emotional like I dearly understand Lucy's feeling but at the same time I was a bit wondering what truly will happen to Lucy.
I really enjoyed the read-- the atmospheric of Japan been told well. Night view and lovely eating shops and cafes. Refreshing and different.
lunaseline's review against another edition
2.0
När jag googlar efter en bättre omslagsbild för recensionen dyker det upp främst Netflix-reklam. Såklart ska de göra tv av det här. De gör ju gärna det av lite mer obskyra historier, som inte nödvändigtvis gör sig särskilt bra i bokform (Jag tittar på dig "You"). Svenskälsklingen Alicia Vikander ska spela huvudrollen, exil-Tokyoiten (ja, jag hittade på det ordet) Lucy. Lucy, som växelvis är "Lucy" och växelvis är "I". Växelvis - inte kapitelvis. Berättarperspektivet ändras alltså mening till mening. Jag antar att detta är ett försök att var kreativ, subversiv och unik. Men det blir rätt dåligt. Nästa huvudkaraktär heter dessutom Lily, vilket inte är tillräckligt olikt för att förvirring inte ska uppstå även där.
I övrigt är historien varken unik / förvirrad. Bara lite lagom rörigt, med tidshopp en van läsare (eller tv-tittare, för den delen) känner igen. Tyvärr är inte bakgrunden som spelas tillräckligt intressant för att bära resten (som den högst ordinära krim-historien och språkliga nivån).
Helt utan behållning är boken dock inte - miljön är dess bästa karaktär, utan konkurrens. Där lyckas Jones bidra med något nytt i genren; hon konstaterar en uppväxt i lantliga Yorkshire mot livet i metropolen Tokoyo, inklusive japansk estetik, mat och kultur. I vissa delar spelar min hjärna upp "Blade Runner"-scener.
Det kommer nog Netflix också att göra. (Så nej, du behöver inte läsa den här.)
I övrigt är historien varken unik / förvirrad. Bara lite lagom rörigt, med tidshopp en van läsare (eller tv-tittare, för den delen) känner igen. Tyvärr är inte bakgrunden som spelas tillräckligt intressant för att bära resten (som den högst ordinära krim-historien och språkliga nivån).
Helt utan behållning är boken dock inte - miljön är dess bästa karaktär, utan konkurrens. Där lyckas Jones bidra med något nytt i genren; hon konstaterar en uppväxt i lantliga Yorkshire mot livet i metropolen Tokoyo, inklusive japansk estetik, mat och kultur. I vissa delar spelar min hjärna upp "Blade Runner"-scener.
Det kommer nog Netflix också att göra. (Så nej, du behöver inte läsa den här.)
trin's review against another edition
2.0
If you've read one thriller with an unreliable narrator, sometimes it really does feel like you've read them all. And I found this one overly mannered and not particularly convincing.
Also I still can't quite forgive the author for the sentence: "I crawled on top of his ice body, rocked him back and forth until the ice turned to water and his icicle penis melted inside me."
Note: this is not Abominable Snowman smut fic.
Also I still can't quite forgive the author for the sentence: "I crawled on top of his ice body, rocked him back and forth until the ice turned to water and his icicle penis melted inside me."
Note: this is not Abominable Snowman smut fic.
elannagoldie's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
flowers_and_cows's review against another edition
3.5
It was an alright book. I kinda though that the ending was going somewhere else. I'm not upset with it. Some things were a bit strange at times. But reading the book, you could definitely feel Lucy's dissociation throughout the story and how her past definitely caused her to checkout when recounting her past.
jayishino's review against another edition
2.0
This is such a weird book with an extremely unlikable narrator, who annoyingly talks in 3rd person a lot. I didn't really care for anyone in the story, and the ending was so unbelievable and bizarre.
yuuto's review against another edition
1.0
I don’t feel like I read the same book that is being praised by all these different groups on the front and back covers. I honestly had a hard time making myself finish the book, and was left terribly disappointed by the whole thing. I’d been looking forward to reading it. It sounded interesting and like a good mystery, but I don’t know what I would even consider it, genre-wise. Plus the constant switching between first and third person with Lucy really threw me off.