僕が愛したすべての君へ

Might be worth it as a set, but as an individual story, is very lackluster

So, I know that this is part of set with another novel, and I will give it the benefit of the doubt that it could be more interesting if read as a set. However, just reading it as a stand alone novel, I was considerably underwhelmed.

The two main characters, especially the male lead, are incredibly boring, if not outright obnoxious people. His backstory is supposed to imply growth but just feels like wasted pages.

Speaking of wasted, the author creates a whole premise of parallel worlds that

Fun, but weak book

The concept of parallel universes is incredibly interesting and mixing scifi with a love comedy/drama is often a good idea. It worked in Bunny Girl Senpai. However, in this book it was so so.

The story was interesting, but the protagonist Koyomi was incredibly unlikable at the beginning and only barely likeable later. The structure of the story with the beginning being also the ending spoiled a lot of fun and didn't work well. Also, the protagonist kept spoiling major plot points 5 pages after

Interesting Read

General thoughts: This was an interesting book. I don't often read sci-fi, so the book's exploration of parallel worlds (in Japanese) was a little tricky at times. That said, I personally enjoyed the first and third chapters the most. They felt more poignant. The second one was fine, and the fourth chapter with the murder case was a bit confusing at times.

I know some people really didn't like Koyomi and/or Kazune, but I liked both of them well enough and enjoyed reading

Cute SciFi. Fun easy read though the protagonist is annoying sometimes.

I largely enjoyed it, though I was a little disappointed that it felt like the writing/characters were too simple sometimes. Though a lot of the protagonist, 暦’s actions made me roll my eyes, some events to come later actually made me pretty emotional. It feels like a light novel although it's technically a novel.

This is the first novel I’ve read where I really felt like I didn’t need a dictionary and could read at full speed, so I’m looking forward to getting to the level where I can read mor

This book (僕愛) is part of a pair, the other being 君を愛したひとりの僕へ (君愛). Both could probably be enjoyed individually and they can probably be enjoyed in either order as well. That’s because they both reference and (loosely) spoil events from the other, and you’re likely to have some “ah ha” moments with whichever one you read second, but in neither case are the events of one a requirement to understand or enjoy the other.

That said, there is an argument to be made that 君愛 should be read first and 僕愛