Reviews

Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories, by Chloë Dalby, Yuichi Kimura, Hart Larrabee, Holly Thompson, Avery Fischer Udagawa, Suzanne Kamata, Sachiko Kashiwaba, John Shelley, Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Misa Dikengil Lindberg, Ryusuke Saito, Fumio Takano, Tak Toyoshima, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Thersa Matsuura, Megumi Fujino, Lynne E. Riggs, Leza Lowitz, John Paul Catton, Ann Tashi Slater, Graham Salisbury, Liza Dalby, Yukie Chiri, Charles De Wolf, Sarah Ogawa, Trevor Kew, Sako Ikegami, Deborah Davidson, Yūko Katakawa, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, Kenji Miyazawa, Shogo Oketani, Marji Napper, Mariko Nagai, Kelly Luce, Alan Gratz, Catherine Torres, Claire Dawn, Kaitlin Stainbrook, Toshiya Kamei, Deborah Iwabuchi, Arie Nashiya, Alexander O. Smith, Andrew Fukuda, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Louise George Kittaka, Katrina Goldsaito, Deni Ellis Béchard

bookish_bridget's review

adventurous emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Some of the stories were better than others but I did enjoy this book. I like how it was broken up into different parts with different themes I felt like I got a little bit of everything. 

jameseckman's review

3.0

An interesting set of short stories, poems (I skimmed these) and amateur comics along with a smattering of translated older works. While billed as a teen collection, they are mature enough to be enjoyed by anyone. I really liked some of the ghostly monster stories, many others are quite well done, especially considering most of the writers are new to print.