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Botchan by Natsume Sōseki

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patuso's review

3.0

Cómo me gusta la forma de ver la vida de los japoneses, siempre tan detallistas y prestando atención a todo lo que les rodea, a las estaciones y climatología...

Sobre el libro en sí... pues me ha entretenido cuando lo iba leyendo, pero no me ha mantenido enganchada.
El argumento tiene poca fuerza, se centra en la rutina y en la descripción de historias cotidianas de un profesor de instituto en un pueblo rural de Japón.
Hay momentos en los que tiene su gracia, pero para nada hasta el punto de hacer reir en voz alta o a carcajadas como sugiere alguna sinopsis del libro.

No me ha gustado para nada el final, esperaba algo más elaborado en el plan de Puercoespín y Botchan.
Puede que sea el cruel y fiel reflejo de la sociedad ... pero la moraleja que se extrae no me parece nada instructiva, de hecho no entiendo que sea un libro de referencia en institutos.

chou520's review against another edition

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5.0

everyone needs to read this, it was so good and definitely worthy of being so revered! i wish i had read something like this in high school, it’s simultaneously funny and so intellectually relevant to the never ending predicament of what it means to grow into an adult in a culture which rewards vice

also has one of the best opening lines i’ve ever read — ‘Because of an hereditary recklessness, I have been playing always a losing game since my childhood.’

shireadsalot's review against another edition

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funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

ellamareading06's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5
It was a medium experience tbh I can appreciate it but I think that since it was a translation (and I say this a lot) it had less of a flow and as I wasn’t very captivated by the plot or connected to the characters it made it more challenging to enjoy.
I did enjoy the themes and the writing was not terrible, the plot definitely picks up in the second half.

ro_cio12's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ssesiliiaa25's review against another edition

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5.0

It's a good book indeed! I love it, the humor this book contains was why i love it so much. There are also some lesson learned in this book and it means so much for me. It's my first book that written by Japanese author, i read the translation ver, Indonesian ver! I recommended this book to those who wants to read a short book yet a fun and good story.