A review by moris_deri
Botchan by Natsume Sōseki
4.0
Didn't think I'd like the story this much.
But Botchan's cantankerous predisposition is quite addictive. This is the kind of people you would hate to be on the bad side of, and do anything to have on your defense team. Angry people make the most loyal friends, although making their friendship is the challenging part of the dynamic. I guess the research coming out of the US about how people who swear more make better friends has some truth in it.
Kudos to [a:Natsume Sōseki|16061597|Natsume Sōseki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1655661771p2/16061597.jpg] for explaining each important character with enough depth and eccentric descriptions to help me visualize his animus for them.
I was ready to give it a 3.5, but the ending gave me quite a rush of dopamine that I had to raise that to a 3.8/5.0.
I also want to thank Alan Turney for the great job translating the book from the original. Makes me want to read more from NS.
But Botchan's cantankerous predisposition is quite addictive. This is the kind of people you would hate to be on the bad side of, and do anything to have on your defense team. Angry people make the most loyal friends, although making their friendship is the challenging part of the dynamic. I guess the research coming out of the US about how people who swear more make better friends has some truth in it.
Kudos to [a:Natsume Sōseki|16061597|Natsume Sōseki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1655661771p2/16061597.jpg] for explaining each important character with enough depth and eccentric descriptions to help me visualize his animus for them.
I was ready to give it a 3.5, but the ending gave me quite a rush of dopamine that I had to raise that to a 3.8/5.0.
I also want to thank Alan Turney for the great job translating the book from the original. Makes me want to read more from NS.