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Great Step Up

The story is fine, if a bit childish at times, it is still an entertaining read and definitely something to read again on a slow afternoon.

For language learners, it is not a good firstnovel as it contains a lot of dialect specifically from Mitsuha's perspective but occasionally Taki's dialogue is decidedly non-standard. The writing style is artistic and you don't get a full understanding of some of the scenes until the last chapter. However, there is clear repetition throughout of key moments

Pros

• The version with furigana is good for learning a lot words, even though some of them are written in kana most of the time
• For someone who hasn't watched the movie, the plot twists were well-timed
• Overall an interesting read
• Metaphorical, but not to too flowery language

Cons

• For someone who watched the movie, probably not worth reading
• Some sequences are a little too long and the book feels heavily padded by monologues and inner thoughts
• The ending was quite weak. With all the

A classic

The anime can be considered a classic and so is the book. It does not tell anything that isn‘t covered by the movie. However, it is excellent for learning as you learn a lot of slang and when you know the Anime it is pretty easy to follow along. The first half of the book felt a bit lengthy, but after that, it got way better and I finished it fast. For learning, the slang is hard at first and I was also a bit confused about the Kanji for the names but after the first few chapters, it‘s managable

I feel like I just read a really long and detailed spoiler for what’s probably a good movie, and I wish I’d just watched the movie instead in the first place.

My opinion is similar to cat’s. Since I haven’t seen the movie I didn’t come in with any attachment to the characters or story. The book never really pulled me in. It did get more interesting in the middle, but I still felt like I wanted to be reading something else.

It’s obvious that this is a story originally conceived as a movie. I’v

I have not seen the movie and had not read any plot summary of this before reading. I picked it up because I was curious about its popularity.

Dialect was a bit hard to follow at times. Had a lot of trouble getting into the story and kept dropping it for other books. It overall felt really juvenile at the start. I'd say I was about 50% done when it actually become interesting to me...and I still kept choosing it last compared to my other reading options. Just not my style I guess.

Pretty good