Reviews

Mika in Real Life, by Emiko Jean

librariam10's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

hamidah's review against another edition

it’s good so far but i’m not mentally stable enough right now

moonsi73's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ris_sasaki's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

marcellemml's review against another edition

5.0

Não sei se estou em um período sensível, mas já comecei o livro chorando no começo, e ainda chorei umas três vezes. A Emiko Jean lida muito bem com as temáticas fortes do livro sem que quase nada seja deixado de lado, exceto

Spoiler

os ataques de pânico que viraram consequência do trauma que a Mika passou, e o estupro em si

. Achei que faltou desenvolver um pouco melhor esses acontecimentos, umas páginas a mais fariam bem ao livro (e a mim, gostaria de ter passado mais tempo com esses personagens). Outra coisa que gostei é que o grande conflito do livro não fica jogado nas últimas 50 páginas, pra variar um pouco do formulaico. Nota real: 4,5, uma das melhores leituras do ano.

mmontoya's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lauralovestoread's review against another edition

4.0

This was such an endearing read, and I’m excited to read more by author Emiko Jean.

Mika was such a great character, and I loved tagging along her journey into finding herself and healing from past trauma. The story on Motherhood was so touching, as we see Mika make the difficult decision to put her daughter Penny up for adoption, and later build a relationship with her as a young adult.

I also really enjoyed learning more about Mika’s Japanese heritage and the food descriptions had left me so hungry!

*many thanks to William Morrow for the gifted copy for review

arlycay06's review against another edition

1.0

This is going to be a DNF for me. I realllllly do not like the main character.

iheartbooks72's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

ivanainthecity's review against another edition

emotional mysterious relaxing fast-paced

4.25