雨の日も、晴れ男

Entertaining Literature

Some people say this is easy, but it often lacks the context that comes from a predictable plot, and context is important for language learning. This is mostly due to the abstract nature of Alex. I agree with other reviews that refuse to spoil this book. Just jump right in, get lost, feel real emotions, and just have a good laugh while learning Japanese.

But, don't underestimate the level of Japanese just because it's currently at level 24. It is still introspective literature, even if it is co

Great first novel for learners!

I was seriously worried about making the jump from reading manga to reading novels. In order to get used to reading narrative prose, I read over twenty of the short stories that are available for free on Aozora, starting at level 20 and working my way up to level 26. When I finally read 雨の日も、晴れ男, it turned out to be much easier than most of the short stories I'd read up to that point. It's easy to follow and uses pretty simple prose. It's very short, too—took less than ten days to finish. The st

Slightly draggy - Good grammar and vocab for beginners

In summary, the last chapter probably made up for the rest of the book.

The story was simple and good setting for beginners reading, not overly complicated and had only 3 characters who matter so it was easy to follow. The plot was a little too much as I did not enjoy reading about the main character's sorrow through out 95% of the book. Almost wanted to drop this book at around 75-80%. Although at the very end I finally got the whole "morale of the story".

Grammar was go

Hilarious! and sometimes kinda emotionally moving

I've only read a handful of novels so far, but this one might be my favorite yet. It's pretty rare that I come across a book that actually has me cracking up, and this one totally took me by surprise in that regard. The book's theme, as the title indicates, is positivity in the face of adversity, and the protagonist's often absurd(in the best way)reactions to the increasingly harrowing situations he finds himself in kept me wanting to see what he would do next. I don't think I was ever bored wit