A review by cryscries
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved the writing style of this book, it was short but definitely worth the read. The first two parts is the story kitchen and then another short story at the end called moonlight shadow. Both have a theme about death and grief and overcoming it with the love of friends, family, and found family.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

The book focuses on the topic of death and grieving overall so read with caution if you are not in the right mindset to read about death even if the stories end rather positively.