A review by caribbeangirlreading
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

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

3.0

Never has such a beautifully written novel left such a bad taste in my mouth. Sorry, but this is not the story of a doomed romance. This is a male POV romanticized telling of the “relationship” between a middle-aged man with internalized misogyny and a 19-year-old indentured sex worker full of shame and self-hatred, and completely lacking in agency in her life. 
 
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐ (Four for the prose, two for the toxic story) 
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