A review by harperhane
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

'𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 π’”π’Šπ’Žπ’Šπ’π’‚π’“ π’“π’‰π’šπ’•π’‰π’Ž, 𝒐𝒓 π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’†π’“π’‚π’Žπ’†π’π’•. π‘«π’†π’”π’‘π’Šπ’•π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’“π’•π’š-π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’†π’π’„π’† π’Šπ’ 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’”. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’‚π’“ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‰π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” π’Žπ’š π’π’˜π’ π’‚π’ˆπ’†'

Strange weather in Tokyo gives me the feeling of the quietness, loneliness, yet light, simple and tender atmosphere in the narration like a warm breeze. I like cute interaction between protagonist and sensei sometimes. It's slowly introducing us to intimacy with different age gap, falling in love when you're not teen anymore, mundane day-to-day life, character's pasts. The way they both see things differently but still deeply connect in some way. Even though I wasn't 'fully' immersed with their relationship, but I still think the ending is emotional slightly. I'm not sure if the months pass, I will still remember details in this book other than its weird magical realism elements. There's no plot, but some vibe surely left inside me.

PS. Don't expect it to be 100% lighthearted since there contains some minor sensitive content, so if you might feel uncomfortable with them then I recommend to check trigger warning before checking it out.



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