Randy Taguchi
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Ruth Ozeki (Zen Buddhist Monk that lives in Canada) are a few of many. Finally if you liked the surreal aspects of the novel, I would recommend Haruki Murakami, Kobo Abe, and Osamu Dazai. Thank you for any who took the time to read this in full and as always please message with questions, recommendations, comments etc. Thank you.
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If you enjoyed this book, then I apologize for how offensive this review may come across. I realize it is difficult to write a novel and I struggle to write such a despairing criticism; however, I do not agree with the positive feedback of this work. I enjoy Japanese literature and I enjoy complex plots. The quality of this work is why I had to stop halfway and actually add a did not finish category on here. This is why I find the work lacking:
1.) The dialogue is artificial. I read 10 pages in and stopped to see if a teenager had written this work. To my surprise, it is by a 56 year old with several prior novels. I thought I was reading a high school short story.
2.) The narration was filled with short, choppy sentences that severely hindered the flow.
3.) This novel comes accross as a rough draft for a first time author. If this was given to me for peer review in college, I would be far more forgiving and supportive; however, this is by a seasoned author. She has been writing since 1996 and I am left pondering if her early work was far better, if the translator completely blotched it, and/or she has been very fortunate with a publisher.
4.) The plot structure is difficult to follow. I'm up for a difficult plot anytime. I love surrealist and magical realist pieces but this work appeared to have paragraphs missing. I considered I was missing something and returned to amazon for reviews. To my reassurance, many had the same issue.
I'm not trying to come off as a snob. I'm just a lowly English undergrad that loves reading and I realize there is a line between literature and general fiction. This book just doesn't have the quality to be considered good. I would only advise reading this if it was given to you. There are only a few novels I have refused to finish and it frustrates me that this another. I made it halfway and had to stop. If it was her translator than I am sincerely sorry for her, as the amazon reviews aren't favoring. If it was the original text, then I hope she improves and keeps working at being a writer. I won't be returning to this author but if she makes you happy then I am sincerely happy to just see people reading, even if I don't like the same work.… (meer)