My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

My Year of Meats

Ruth Ozeki

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448 pages | first published 1998

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In a single eye-opening year two women, worlds apart, experience parallel awakenings. In New York, Jane Takagi-Little lands a job producing a Japanese television show sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, exposing some unsavoury truths...
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Moods

informative 73%
reflective 58%
emotional 55%
challenging 46%
dark 44%
funny 33%
sad 22%
hopeful 20%
inspiring 17%
tense 16%
adventurous 11%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 17%
slow 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 55% | Character: 33% | Plot: 10%

Strong character development?

Yes: 88% | It's complicated: 6% | No: 4%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 4% | No: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 24% | N/A: 1%

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4.05

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