Arishi

Good book, especially as a relatively early book language wise.

*would give Overall 4.5 and Entertainment 3.5 if half stars were possible. It was my third full book that I read in Japanese, and I felt like the difficulty was very fitting for this :)

Arguably spoiler (pacing): It does take a while to get going and especially some of the middle parts were slow

It took me a long while to read this, so I can't say I was absolutely absorbed by the story, but I did enjoy it and never considered dropping it, which I'm not against doing if I do

Good, and incredible for my japanese learning experience!

I enjoyed it! It's not a genre I normally read and the story is pretty simple at some points, but it was still very interesting and there are things to think about, so it definitely doesn't give me any "children's book" vibes at all, so it was a breath of fresh air compared to what else I had read in Japanese. I do think it would still be relatively enjoyable without the language learning goal, so it's not like that was purely carrying it.

I found that the vocabulary in general was relatively e