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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 some unresolved conflicts left me puzzled as to what the author was thinking. I really liked it.
As for language, I stopped keeping track of the オノマトペ . Otherwise a very nice balance of dialogue and description, especially because a parallel english translation is available with minimal content changes.