Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Jeena Yi (Narrator)

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Jeena Yi (Narrator)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

15 hours, 28 minutes | first published 2020

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'Breathtaking' Haruki Murakami, international bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Mido...
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Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 75%
challenging 33%
sad 27%
hopeful 24%
informative 19%
inspiring 16%
dark 14%
tense 8%
funny 6%
mysterious 3%
relaxing 2%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 56%
medium 41%
fast 1%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 85% | A mix: 12% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 6% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 8% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 43% | No: 34% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 59% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 14% | N/A: 2%

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3.95

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