Reviews

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

austre_yoon's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

carla_leah's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

0.5

fangfei's review

5.0

need to reread 

dbert's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

It's a little hard to forget that it's a translation since the story relies heavyly on language, but the world Tawada writes is so original and fascinating that I got over it. A lot of strong images and weird concepts, an entirely novel post apocalyptic world. I especially loved the Mumei point of views towards the end.

hanzy's review against another edition

3.0

This book felt surprisingly long for such a short book

jake95gill's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

genevievechamp's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

ksreads93's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

leweeza's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Love the concept and everything it challenged me to think about, but I struggled reading the end. I am still so unsure what even happened which has left me a little unsatisfied. 

Fun thoughts I had reading about this dystopian world:
-cab we reverse globalisation?
-what would my great grandma tell me about the world?
-if I could make up a national holiday, what would it be for?

lanasiddig17's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25