A review by alisarae
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

This was a sweet slow-burn romance with slice of life aesthetics. Lots of details of drinking and bar food yumyum. I was a little weirded out by the way the MC—a 40-something woman—acted very childish,

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and even says at a couple different points that she has regressed emotionally as she got older... but she has a relationship with her former teacher, and that child-teacher relationship seems to be an important part of their interaction as adults. I thought the characters were so cute and sweet, but I wish I didn't have this feeling of like, "Is this book supposed to be a fantasy for middle aged women to act out their childhood crushes?"

Anyways, overall good vibes to eat some homecooked Japanese food and listen to chillhop while you read.