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(3.57/5)Beautiful
This was a lovely book. It's heavy, with central themes of grief and loss, but I liked that while the sadness, loneliness, and desolation that comes along with losing someone you love is intertwined with the stories, they both ended on somewhat hopeful notes that pointed towards some sort of healing for the characters.
Japanese-wise, I found キッチン and キッチン２ more difficult than Moonlight Shadow, since the latter was a bit more straightforward and retrospective, whereas Mikage is a more introspect
This is the first novel I've read in Japanese, and I feel it was a decent pick. I read it slowly over the space of about 3.5 weeks, and tracked the time it took - about 7 hours, so you could definitely get through it faster at my level if you spaced it out less.
The stories covered in キッチン revolve a lot around the experience of grief and loss, and I found them quite moving at times. I'd read the book in English about 6 years ago but had forgotten everything about it, so it all felt fresh to me.
