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megannewsome's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
gatafumeta's review
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
andyortiz13's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
keuchang's review
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
What a horrible husband
acantha's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
shanthereader's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
metalhead666's review
dark
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Very similar to other books I have read like this like memoirs of a geisha and wild swans, even though I know that book is Chinese. But in terms of stronghold oppression over women it still holds up very similar.
It shows the constraints that these women had to deal with in their lives with no way out or no alternative available to them and how they have to live in this twisted and complicated dichotomy that they are forced into, in this instance, at the hand of 1 individual man who hold reigns over all the female characters in this novel.
It shows the constraints that these women had to deal with in their lives with no way out or no alternative available to them and how they have to live in this twisted and complicated dichotomy that they are forced into, in this instance, at the hand of 1 individual man who hold reigns over all the female characters in this novel.
quizlitbooks's review
4.0
In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a respectable young girl to become her husband’s new lover. Externally calm, but torn apart inside, Tomo dutifully begins the search for an official mistress.
Fumiko Enchi took eight years to complete this novel and it won Japan’s top literary Noma prize. Rightly it has earned the reputation as one of the most penetrating studies of female psychology to appear in postwar Japan.
More classic Japanese novels
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Fumiko Enchi took eight years to complete this novel and it won Japan’s top literary Noma prize. Rightly it has earned the reputation as one of the most penetrating studies of female psychology to appear in postwar Japan.
More classic Japanese novels
https://quizlit.org/10-best-classic-japanese-novels
polyphonic_reads's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0