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ameducharme's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
manglitter's review against another edition
2.0
Oh my god! What a disappointment!
I was waiting for something different and more with Japanese culture and so on but this ended up just as, I might call it, a story of a man's phantasm. There is no adventure, the travel to Japan is told in a plain way and all the plot is focussed on the obsession and the yearning of the male character for Hara Kei's concubine and her sensuality that she keeps teasing him with each time he came back to Japan, making him lost in a silky kind of lust.
Helene, who plays the poor neglected and left behind wife and she just ended up with an "Alas" carved on her grave from her dear husband after he realized, too late, his feelings for her, just wow!
Really,I don't see why people keep praising this book to me. I feel that this book was mainly written for male readers more than anything else.
I was waiting for something different and more with Japanese culture and so on but this ended up just as, I might call it, a story of a man's phantasm. There is no adventure, the travel to Japan is told in a plain way and all the plot is focussed on the obsession and the yearning of the male character for Hara Kei's concubine and her sensuality that she keeps teasing him with each time he came back to Japan, making him lost in a silky kind of lust.
Helene, who plays the poor neglected and left behind wife and she just ended up with an "Alas" carved on her grave from her dear husband after he realized, too late, his feelings for her, just wow!
Really,I don't see why people keep praising this book to me. I feel that this book was mainly written for male readers more than anything else.
ireeeeeene's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Lo mejor de este libro es que no tardas mucho en acabarlo y olvidarte de él.
Otra obra de un señor que se piensa que *querer* tener sexo con quien no deberías pero no tenerlo es romántico, que repetir las mismas frases una y otra vez hace una novela maestra y que escribir con frases cortas queda profundo.
Tiene tela hablar de la Francia y el Japón del siglo XIX y que haga falta especificarlo porque si no por el aaaamplio contexto de la novela cualquiera podría creer que estás en Matalascañas en 1960. Así con todo, lo que no te especifica como a un niño pequeño directamente es que se le debió olvidar pensarlo y no tiene explicación.
Otra obra de un señor que se piensa que *querer* tener sexo con quien no deberías pero no tenerlo es romántico, que repetir las mismas frases una y otra vez hace una novela maestra y que escribir con frases cortas queda profundo.
Tiene tela hablar de la Francia y el Japón del siglo XIX y que haga falta especificarlo porque si no por el aaaamplio contexto de la novela cualquiera podría creer que estás en Matalascañas en 1960. Así con todo, lo que no te especifica como a un niño pequeño directamente es que se le debió olvidar pensarlo y no tiene explicación.
sophiemoony's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
primix's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
haami's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
noel_rene_cisneros's review against another edition
5.0
La etimología de texto cobra todo su sentido al leer esta historia, es un tejido prodigioso hecho de palabras. Seguir a Hevré Joncour en su viaje hasta Japón por conseguir los huevos de orugas de la seda, seguir el bello dibujo que Baricco realiza para mostrar ese universo, que es la vida y el amor. El protagonista se enamora de una mujer en el extranjero y ama a su esposa. Conocemos las peripecias de un viaje físico hasta el confín del mundo pero también emocional. Narración maestra tanto por lo bien realizada como porque uno quisiera escribir una así.
chanuki's review against another edition
4.0
3.5stars rounded to 4.
Almost lyrical like written story about how a local man is paid by silk mill owner to travel to Japan to get silk worm eggs where he falls in love with a girl. But the ending is sad when he learns the truth about the final letter he received
Almost lyrical like written story about how a local man is paid by silk mill owner to travel to Japan to get silk worm eggs where he falls in love with a girl. But the ending is sad when he learns the truth about the final letter he received