Love at Six Thousand Degrees by Maki Kashimada

Love at Six Thousand Degrees

Maki Kashimada with Haydn Trowell (Translator)

128 pages first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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An ordinary housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mushroom cloud and abruptly leaves her husband and son to travel alone to the city of Nagasaki, where she soon begins an affair with a young half-Russian, half-Japanese man.Inspired by Ma...

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Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews

Moods

reflective 83%
challenging 66%
emotional 50%
dark 41%
sad 41%
informative 8%
tense 8%

Pace

slow 50%
fast 25%
medium 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 88% | A mix: 11%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 40% | No: 30% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 10%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 60% | No: 40%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 44% | No: 22% | N/A: 22% | It's complicated: 11%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.01

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