Shoko Tendo
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This misery memoir is a catalogue of poor decisions and domestic abuse. The author offers no real insights into anything she does and there is little self reflection or analysis of her situation. Despite using Yakuza in the title, there is no insight into the yakuzas other than a string of violent boyfriends, and her father quits being a gangster in the second chapter.
The afterword, by Manabu Miyazaki, offers more context to the account we have just read, where he explains how the brash lifestyle of yakuzas and easy access to credit invariably leads to debts and financial ruin. This afterword slightly redeems the book and means it is not a total waste of time.… (meer)
The afterword, by Manabu Miyazaki, offers more context to the account we have just read, where he explains how the brash lifestyle of yakuzas and easy access to credit invariably leads to debts and financial ruin. This afterword slightly redeems the book and means it is not a total waste of time.… (meer)
I will keep this short as my review has been removed multiple times due to phone errors
I read this book in only a few hours and enjoyed it very much
This book may prove to be one in a long line of books that is not meant to be inspirational and yet proves to be so for me
A long hard life of bad decisions and hard times leads Shoko to reinvent herrself many times, each time with more and more difficulties... Although obviously her difficulties are more difficult than most of ours I think we can all relate to this
And though in the end we don't know how things turn out for her, at the end of the book at 32 years old she has reinvented yourself again and seems optimistic... The implied outcome is that even at this age we can all still reinvent ourselves and find happiness
As a 34-year-old woman, I read this and hope for the future… (meer)
I read this book in only a few hours and enjoyed it very much
This book may prove to be one in a long line of books that is not meant to be inspirational and yet proves to be so for me
A long hard life of bad decisions and hard times leads Shoko to reinvent herrself many times, each time with more and more difficulties... Although obviously her difficulties are more difficult than most of ours I think we can all relate to this
And though in the end we don't know how things turn out for her, at the end of the book at 32 years old she has reinvented yourself again and seems optimistic... The implied outcome is that even at this age we can all still reinvent ourselves and find happiness
As a 34-year-old woman, I read this and hope for the future… (meer)
A quick read. Finished it in a day but don't know if it is because of the very bad Dutch translation or the writing but don't consider this to be a good read.
Constantly reading about beatings, rape, drugs,bad men you might think that would make for a very interesting read but after a while you get kind of numb and it gets even boring. Maybe because she did not really explain why she made her choices. No depth at all. in this book.
Constantly reading about beatings, rape, drugs,bad men you might think that would make for a very interesting read but after a while you get kind of numb and it gets even boring. Maybe because she did not really explain why she made her choices. No depth at all. in this book.
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"Guardando fuori dalla finestra della mia camera, in primavera, vedevo i petali del ciliegio danzare nella brezza tiepida come fiocchi di neve, e il mio cuore danzava con loro. Se posavo delicatamente l'orecchio sul tronco dell'albero, mi sembrava di sentire un piccolo battito cardiaco, come se il ciliegio stesse parlando proprio con me. All'arrivo dell'estate, quando aveva ormai perso tutti i fiori, mi sdraiavo sotto le fronde e osservavo il cielo, chiedendomi come potesse essere il mondo al di là delle nubi fluttuanti. Da piccola, solo a casa potevo sentirmi davvero felice."
"Per la maggior parte del tempo venivo ignorata in modo talmente radicale da essere indotta a dubitare della mia stessa esistenza."… (meer)