Goodbye Tsugumi

I enjoyed this book on most fronts. A touching tale well told the only discord was the way the American/English translation brought too much American atmosphere thereby losing what I believe would have been a strong Japanese flavour.

That feeling you get when you finish a truly wonderful story is amazing. I'm in a state of bliss right now, I'll tell you. Miss Banana has done it again, creating a fictional seaside town with dogs and people that I've loved reading about. That Tsugumi is such a cow but you like her because Maria loves her. I don't know if it was the translation from the Japanese or if that was the intention to create a blasé and harsh form of address but Tsugumi's use of "babe" annoyed me. However, maybe that's how Japanese teens spoke in the 90s!

Good really but not for me.

Perfect condition. I'm not very familiar with Japanese authors and this is a recommendation from a friend. Translation is into International English (US) and you can tell. I regret not being able to read Japanese because, although an easy reading, some descriptions are very beautiful and I get the sense I'm missing out on the original text.

A pleasant story that was easy to read in terms of the flow of the storyline, but not easy to read with the very small text size.

Brilliant!! The imagery in this is UNREAL!! Highly recommend!!! I could imagine myself as if i was in this!!

The character was so unlikeable, other people’s acceptance just didn’t strike me as credible. There is not much of a journey, more a description of status quo.Other books by this author (the lake and Kitchen) were written in a more enjoyable way for me.

I do love beautiful prose but I just felt that this was at the expense of enough focus on a good plot. It is without doubt lovely writing but just didn't do it for me... I know others who love it though!