A review by sallysocker
Classmates Vol. 1: Dou kyu sei by Asumiko Nakamura
1.0
I have one question, and that is ‘how can this book have so good reviews?’. This book was so bad in every way possible. I don’t know if it’s just a poor translation or the way it was written but I barely understood any of the interpretations they had, but it can also have to do with how fast the story went. You didn’t even have time to breathe before something else happened.
The timeline was a mess and for me it seemed like their first kiss happened only like a day after they had first met, which it later seemed like it didn’t so I’m really confused about that as well. This was like reading a fast sketch of a story someone planned on writing…
We barely got any information about the character and it was impossible to get invested in the story when we didn’t get any chance to get to know them.
I also don’t understand that creep of a side character, who are supposed to be Sajo’s ex(?) but are also his teacher and more than thirty years old.
The timeline was a mess and for me it seemed like their first kiss happened only like a day after they had first met, which it later seemed like it didn’t so I’m really confused about that as well. This was like reading a fast sketch of a story someone planned on writing…
We barely got any information about the character and it was impossible to get invested in the story when we didn’t get any chance to get to know them.
I also don’t understand that creep of a side character, who are supposed to be Sajo’s ex(?) but are also his teacher and more than thirty years old.