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(3.26/5)Catcher in the Rye at a 中学生-level
In interviews, Eto Mori says that she wanted this book to be fun from the moment you start reading, regardless of who you are. I think she succeeds brilliantly. The setting provides an original and engaging way of exploring the classic disenchanted-school-youth trope that will remind readers of The Catcher in the Rye. Mori also succeeds in keeping a good tempo through the plot, which kept me looking forward to what would happen on the next page. In many parts it is thematically very strong, but
Good for those new to reading in Japanese
Content warnings: plot centres around a suicide attempt, also references to child(early teen) sex work
I read this book with a little book club of two other people, where we read it on a schedule and discussed it as we went. The book was a good fit for that. It’s short and broken up into manageable chapters, the vocabulary and grammar used is not too difficult and it has an audiobook (always a big plus for me). As the main character is a character in the last year of middle s
A soul who committed some grave sin it can't remember is given a second chance. He is put in the body of a 14 year old boy who recently attempted suicide. The soul eventually learns why the boy attempted suicide as well as the the sin that the soul had committed. Both an amine and live-action movie are based on the book. The former can be streamed for a fee on Amazon Prime. The latter is free on YouTube.
I think if I understood Japanese better I would have found the story more emotionally movin
So Boring
I DNFed this book it was so boring, the writing was lazy, and the main character was really annoying.
It's not a difficult or long book but it killed my motivation to read, so I decided to drop it.
Turns out other people agree with me that it's not worth the read, even if it is good Japanese practice.