Title: Spring Garden
Author: Tomoka Shibasaki, Polly Barton (translator)
Published: 2014
Language: English (translated from Japanese)
Pages: 154
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
Set in the suburbs of Tokyo, this is a story about a divorced man and a young woman living in a half-empty building about to be torn down, and their fascination with a pale blue house next door.
Review:
I'm not quite sure what to say about this other than a few brief thoughts.
This book felt sort of pointless to me. I didn't hate it, but I have a hard time finding any sort of meaning in it. The writing is all right, but the whole thing was just sort of... meh. It definitely focuses a lot more on the mood than any sort of plot, which I guess kind of works, but overall, I can't say I feel like I connected to it in any sort of way or really understood it.
For me, this was just an OK read and nothing that will stick with me.
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Author: Tomoka Shibasaki, Polly Barton (translator)
Published: 2014
Language: English (translated from Japanese)
Pages: 154
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
Set in the suburbs of Tokyo, this is a story about a divorced man and a young woman living in a half-empty building about to be torn down, and their fascination with a pale blue house next door.
Review:
I'm not quite sure what to say about this other than a few brief thoughts.
This book felt sort of pointless to me. I didn't hate it, but I have a hard time finding any sort of meaning in it. The writing is all right, but the whole thing was just sort of... meh. It definitely focuses a lot more on the mood than any sort of plot, which I guess kind of works, but overall, I can't say I feel like I connected to it in any sort of way or really understood it.
For me, this was just an OK read and nothing that will stick with me.
You can get this book at The Book Depository.
You can read more about it on Goodreads.
