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fallandfox's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Após um desastre no Japão se corta do resto do mundo. As crianças estão fracas e não conseguem andar ou ficar em pé, com os idosos sendo os únicos a conseguir se manter em pé. Mumei vive com seu bisavô Yoshiro, que se preocupa com ele. Mesmo para um garoto doente, ele é livre de pessimismo e oferece para seu bisavô “a esperança de um tempo bonito que continua para vir”.
Eu senti que a escrita do livro foi confusa, não era uma escrita ruim mas ao mesmo tempo dava a impressão de que muita coisa foi cortada ou que era para ser a introdução de um livro maior.
Recomendarei para quem quer ler algo rápido e meio magico em relação às pessoa e sua experiências mas já sabendo que minha opinião foi de um meio e final confuso.
Eu senti que a escrita do livro foi confusa, não era uma escrita ruim mas ao mesmo tempo dava a impressão de que muita coisa foi cortada ou que era para ser a introdução de um livro maior.
Recomendarei para quem quer ler algo rápido e meio magico em relação às pessoa e sua experiências mas já sabendo que minha opinião foi de um meio e final confuso.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
readingpicnic's review against another edition
5.0
This was such a weird and creative little book with incredible wordplay, humor, and imaginings of the future of transness, the evolution of many different species in response to climate change, censorship by governments, and role reversal of commonly held assumptions about disability with youth and elders. I usually despise the dystopian genre as a whole, but the cover was so beautiful that I couldn't resist. Being transgender? Yeah, that's the norm in this book 😎🏳️⚧️
The way that climate change and pollution have run rampant and changed the environment irreversibly was such interesting world-building, like fully grown bamboo being the size of a pinky finger or animals in Japan seemingly only existing with a rent-a-dog service that Yoshiro uses. Disability and transness are incredibly prevalent in most, if not all children in this society, which was an interesting concept, and I really liked the execution. I'm not sure if I understood the ending other than it was a teen's t4t fantasy, which was pretty epic. There were a few parts where the story abruptly shifted to 1st person POV which threw me off a bit.
The way that climate change and pollution have run rampant and changed the environment irreversibly was such interesting world-building, like fully grown bamboo being the size of a pinky finger or animals in Japan seemingly only existing with a rent-a-dog service that Yoshiro uses. Disability and transness are incredibly prevalent in most, if not all children in this society, which was an interesting concept, and I really liked the execution. I'm not sure if I understood the ending other than it was a teen's t4t fantasy, which was pretty epic. There were a few parts where the story abruptly shifted to 1st person POV which threw me off a bit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Abandonment
sldccc's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
uranaishi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
liltastypuff's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death of parent
rhogregoire's review against another edition
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Read this for a comparative literature class on apocalyptic fiction. The imagery is very pretty: it feels a bit like a collection of visual scenes that flow into each other.
It's a pretty classic bad climate future - Japan has no future - it's totally isolated, losing language, with the elderly caring for dying children who seem to become less and less human as time goes on. Assuming it's not just a quirk of translation, the descriptive language adds a lot to the book. It's really heavy on similes and metaphors: everything is a little like something else. The author avoids describing anything in it's own right, often using descriptions which are visually interesting but don't make a lot of literal sense (for example, describing the sun moving like a "hunted animal") which adds to the hazy imagery. The language also echos the narrative of a closed system - the dying children mean the country cannot regenerate, as well as Japan's isolation - and self-censorship to avoid doing or saying anything that might be deemed foreign.
It's a pretty classic bad climate future - Japan has no future - it's totally isolated, losing language, with the elderly caring for dying children who seem to become less and less human as time goes on. Assuming it's not just a quirk of translation, the descriptive language adds a lot to the book. It's really heavy on similes and metaphors: everything is a little like something else. The author avoids describing anything in it's own right, often using descriptions which are visually interesting but don't make a lot of literal sense (for example, describing the sun moving like a "hunted animal") which adds to the hazy imagery. The language also echos the narrative of a closed system - the dying children mean the country cannot regenerate, as well as Japan's isolation - and self-censorship to avoid doing or saying anything that might be deemed foreign.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Terminal illness