AKKAm #reading Honobu Yonezawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner in the English translation. (OK , I'm on page 14, barely past the intro, but) I really like style & prose.
Now, I'm looking forward to discover the plot!
Pao_1It starts slow and builds up through the many characters' recollections and fantasies and opinions and stories and diaries and letters.
Intriguing more-than-crime novel.
The Aosawa Murders, Riku Onda 8/10
ReikaBLeuJust finished reading #HowlsMovingCastle
Decided to go with #TheMemoryPolice as my first English Translated #JapaneseNovel by #YokoOgawa
https://novelroot.comYamagata Tatsumi and his family were traveling in their car when a wild truck smashed into their car. But wait! The MC wasn’t dead yet, his entire family was though. With his entire family dead and relatives abandoning him, the only one remaining by his side was his pet cockatiel. For a year he lived only with his pet, who had been with him since childhood. But finally, her lifespan reached its end and she died in his arms. #JAPANESENOVEL
perlaescent (she/her)Finished ゴーストハント! General thoughts : It doesn’t get interesting until the middle of the book and even then….I was excited starting it but the story dragged on quite a bit and felt repetitive. I kept wondering when a ghost would appear (if at all). This easily could have been half as long, or only one part of the book. I’m interested in watching the anime since it adapts more volumes but it may be awhile before I decide to read the next volume 🫣
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