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Title: The Nakano Thrift ShopAuthor: Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (translator)
Published: 2015
Language: English (translated from Japanese)
Pages: 256
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
At the Nakano Thrift shop, every object and oddity has a story, as does everyone in the shop, at least that's what it feels like to Hitomi who works in the shop.
Review:
This was a sweet and slightly weird book.
There are some things I really like about this and some I don't. I loved the setting of the thrift shop and the way the chapters in the book focus on different objects. I quite enjoyed our set of characters as well, especially the main character and the shop owner.
That being said, this is the kind of book where not a whole lot happens in it and what does happen, does so very quietly. Usually I don't mind those kinds of stories, but in this one, I'm not sure the setting or the characters are strong enough to really carry it off. When I started this I was really into it, but it does get very repetitive towards the end.
Overall, worth the read if you like quiet, slice-of-life stories.
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