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(4.20/5)Cute and entertaining story, lovely characters and small vocabulary challenges
Entertainment: I was a little worried before starting the book and when you start reading full books you prerty much have to go with children's books and they can be either dull or boring or too childish but I was very pleasantly surprised with ひびき's story ! It is entertaining and the story keeps evolving quickly so that you want to keep on reading. At one point I was quite moved and the story got emotional and that was unexpected, well written and refreshing! What I really enjoy in that the
Pretty entertaining supernatural story, with some good side characters.
The story follows Hibiki, an introverted bookworm, who discovers a mysterious bookshop and it’s owner, Reiji, who enlists her as his (temporary) disciple. Through this, she learns about the supernatural, friendships, happiness and most importantly, about herself.
I would say this is a great first or second novel as everything was pretty straightforward and mostly consisted of dialogue. There are a few explanations of the ghosts that may throw a beginner off, but overall a lot of the same vocabu
Involves a bit of Japanese Folklore characters
entertainment - The story is about a student called Hibiki, who recently moved to another city, where her aunt lives, due to her parents moving abroad to work. One her first day, after arrival, she decides to go exploring the neighborhood. That's when se finds an old bookstore. The place seems empty at first glance but then she meets the other characters within the book. The story is divided in 4 main chapters, where in each chapter she meets one entity within the Japanese folklore, while k