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A review by piierrote
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
3.0
interesting book tackling interesting topics but i’m not sure i liked it or enjoyed it. not my favourite kawakami book.
the characters felt very full of life, kojima especially is desperately interesting. eyes relationship with his mother is also very interesting. kawakami presenting multiple opinions about why bullying happens, why people get bullied etc is interesting but i felt lost on how she wanted me to feel about it as the reader. maybe she didn’t want me to think anything in particular!
i ended up feeling a little put off by this book simply because of how heavy it was. i didn’t connect to it emotionally, and instead just felt uncomfortable and like i wished i wasn’t reading about people doing horrible things to each other. i didn’t feel a lot about the conclusion of the book either.
this book did continue to expand on topics kawakami touches on a lot in her work, especially cosmetically changing your looks and what that means for you personally. interesting takes!
an arguably good book, just not one i connected with
the characters felt very full of life, kojima especially is desperately interesting. eyes relationship with his mother is also very interesting. kawakami presenting multiple opinions about why bullying happens, why people get bullied etc is interesting but i felt lost on how she wanted me to feel about it as the reader. maybe she didn’t want me to think anything in particular!
i ended up feeling a little put off by this book simply because of how heavy it was. i didn’t connect to it emotionally, and instead just felt uncomfortable and like i wished i wasn’t reading about people doing horrible things to each other. i didn’t feel a lot about the conclusion of the book either.
this book did continue to expand on topics kawakami touches on a lot in her work, especially cosmetically changing your looks and what that means for you personally. interesting takes!
an arguably good book, just not one i connected with