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A review by nikitaaaart
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Takako moves in with her uncle whom she hasn't met in 10 years (and doesn't think well of him) after a bad breakup which led her to quit her job. Her uncle, Satoru owns a second hand bookshop named 'Morisaki Bookshop' in Jimbocho where she helps out during the day (she doesn't like reading either).
The first part of the book develops a relationship between Takako and his uncle, and a relationship with herself as well. It's a journey of a heartbroken and sad 25 year old Takako into a person who now finds the joy in little things in life and reading. This journey is accompanied by the friends she encounters over the period of her stay.
“Things were still knotted up inside me, but it felt like the more I walked, the more they loosened up.”
In the second section of the book, Momoko enters, Satoru's wife who left him 5 years without saying a word with a note asking him not to look for her. Confused and at a loss of words, Satoru accepts her like nothing ever happened. He sends Takako to find out why she's back in his life.
This is a sweet, feel-good, cosy story set in the lanes of a booktown and a cafe situated in Tokyo, Japan. The writing is quite simple as most Japanese translated fictions I've come across.
The first part of the book develops a relationship between Takako and his uncle, and a relationship with herself as well. It's a journey of a heartbroken and sad 25 year old Takako into a person who now finds the joy in little things in life and reading. This journey is accompanied by the friends she encounters over the period of her stay.
“Things were still knotted up inside me, but it felt like the more I walked, the more they loosened up.”
In the second section of the book, Momoko enters, Satoru's wife who left him 5 years without saying a word with a note asking him not to look for her. Confused and at a loss of words, Satoru accepts her like nothing ever happened. He sends Takako to find out why she's back in his life.
This is a sweet, feel-good, cosy story set in the lanes of a booktown and a cafe situated in Tokyo, Japan. The writing is quite simple as most Japanese translated fictions I've come across.