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mariana_ag1997's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jarichan's review against another edition
3.0
Ehrlich - ich weiss nicht wirklich, was ich von diesem Buch halten soll. Auch nicht, was ich darüber schreiben soll, da ich es kaum greifen kann. Es war auf jeden Fall nicht die Art historischer Roman, die ich vom Rückentext her erwartet hätte.
Auch lässt sich der Text eher zäh lesen. Obwohl das Buch kaum 150 Seiten hat, hatte ich das Gefühl, kaum vom Fleck zu kommen. Vielleicht liegt das an Shimamaura, der über lange Strecken auch nicht wirklich vorwärts kommt.
Gegen Ende der Geschichte wird es etwas interessanter, da die Handlung eine neue Richtung einschlägt, dies aber nur sehr dezent. Aber es hat dem Buch doch gut getan, etwas Abwechslung einzubauen.
Dennoch bin ich hiermit noch immer ein wenig überfragt...
Auch lässt sich der Text eher zäh lesen. Obwohl das Buch kaum 150 Seiten hat, hatte ich das Gefühl, kaum vom Fleck zu kommen. Vielleicht liegt das an Shimamaura, der über lange Strecken auch nicht wirklich vorwärts kommt.
Gegen Ende der Geschichte wird es etwas interessanter, da die Handlung eine neue Richtung einschlägt, dies aber nur sehr dezent. Aber es hat dem Buch doch gut getan, etwas Abwechslung einzubauen.
Dennoch bin ich hiermit noch immer ein wenig überfragt...
archivo_lecturas_mat's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.25
ergedogan's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Death, Racial slurs, and Sexual content
nxlzufrrr's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
cais's review against another edition
4.0
Fox possession or female hysteria? Dr. Shimamura’s memory is incredibly confused (or under a foxy influence) & the women in his household are either playing games with him or trying to help him (a bit of both, I think). His reminiscences of investigating alleged fox possession in Japan and then visiting Europe to speak to the likes of Jean-Martin Charcot and Josef Breuer only highlight the male influence and creation of so-called female hysteria and the West's tradition of Orientalism, making exotic and strange anything east of Europe. This is a brilliant, bizarre, playful book that was a joy to read.
contresse's review against another edition
5.0
Ein absolutes Highlight der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur!
battlepoet's review against another edition
3.0
I read this for the August Japanese Book Club at the Argo Bookshop. This was an interesting story about a doctor sent abroad after Japan opened itself up to the world. It was an odd tale about aging, folklore, and death. It’ll be worth a reread in the future to look for all the little nuggets left by the multiple unreliable narrators.
abookishtype's review against another edition
4.0
It’s a remarkable coincidence that I finished reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down not too long before I read The Fox and Dr. Shimamura, by Christine Wunnicke and translated by Philip Boehm. Both books take place in the intersection of Western medicine and traditional folk medicine. This time, the story takes place more than a century ago, in Japan, France, and Germany. The titular Dr. Shimamura is caught looking for ways to heal his patients and himself from a position square in the middle of that intersection. Even more than The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, The Fox and Dr. Shimamura brilliantly shows us that the two systems of medicine (at least at the turn of the twentieth century) are not too different from each other...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.