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A review by vigneswara_prabhu
ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻 [Violet Evergarden, Part 1] by Kana Akatsuki
5.0
Don't Fall in Love, Unless you're willing to Love & lose. Those are the words that came to my mind once I closed the last page of [b:ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1|30300399|ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 (Violet Evergarden, #1)|暁佳奈|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1501616274l/30300399._SX50_.jpg|50782505] Violet Evergarden by Akatsuki Kana.
The Book is an Anthology of Stories, Surrounding Love, Loss, the sadness that comes with, and Reconciliation. And of course, that spice which makes any story memorable, Words left Unsaid.
In many ways the world in which Violet, our protagonist inhabits feels much like a Wes Anderson movie. With its own rules and Livable Places and people.
I've read that the original Japanese prose is something exceedingly hypnotic, So it is with some sadness that I could only peruse the Translated version.
Maybe calling Violet a Protagonist is a misnomer. She doesn't want anything, but to do her job, with the utmost efficiency. It is just that her otherworldly beauty (something mentioned multiple times) and the fact that she is in essence a Tabula Rasa serve as a sounding board for others.
They are healed by her presence, Not necessarily by her own volition.
Her Past is as much shrouded in Mystery, as her thoughts. What is not, however, is her devotion to the one person, she holds dear to her heart, even when not being able to vocalize said feelings.
Violet is an Auto-memory Doll, a Hyper Skilled class of amanuensis (A term I didn't know of before reading this book). One who, for the right payment, travels to Far off Town-steads, Harsh Jungles, Thick Battlefields in order to write letters for their contractors, Their Masters.
Violet is the Epitomization of her Profession. least of all, because of her own Doll like features (which make her the object of adoration of one and all) and her unfamiliarity with emotions.
This however doesn't inhibit her. She is able to move the hearts of those she meets, and make them feel in a way they didn't know they could. And in turn learns from them as well, about scraps of human interaction.
The Book is filled with Instances of poignant and romanticized moments of love and longing
(Spoiler: Be on the look out for a Yellow umbrella and the lake.)
So all in all, it may be a feel good story for some, and for some it may open some old memories, but not necessarily in a manner in which it hurts.
The Book is an Anthology of Stories, Surrounding Love, Loss, the sadness that comes with, and Reconciliation. And of course, that spice which makes any story memorable, Words left Unsaid.
In many ways the world in which Violet, our protagonist inhabits feels much like a Wes Anderson movie. With its own rules and Livable Places and people.
I've read that the original Japanese prose is something exceedingly hypnotic, So it is with some sadness that I could only peruse the Translated version.
Maybe calling Violet a Protagonist is a misnomer. She doesn't want anything, but to do her job, with the utmost efficiency. It is just that her otherworldly beauty (something mentioned multiple times) and the fact that she is in essence a Tabula Rasa serve as a sounding board for others.
They are healed by her presence, Not necessarily by her own volition.
Her Past is as much shrouded in Mystery, as her thoughts. What is not, however, is her devotion to the one person, she holds dear to her heart, even when not being able to vocalize said feelings.
Violet is an Auto-memory Doll, a Hyper Skilled class of amanuensis (A term I didn't know of before reading this book). One who, for the right payment, travels to Far off Town-steads, Harsh Jungles, Thick Battlefields in order to write letters for their contractors, Their Masters.
Violet is the Epitomization of her Profession. least of all, because of her own Doll like features (which make her the object of adoration of one and all) and her unfamiliarity with emotions.
This however doesn't inhibit her. She is able to move the hearts of those she meets, and make them feel in a way they didn't know they could. And in turn learns from them as well, about scraps of human interaction.
The Book is filled with Instances of poignant and romanticized moments of love and longing
(Spoiler: Be on the look out for a Yellow umbrella and the lake.)
So all in all, it may be a feel good story for some, and for some it may open some old memories, but not necessarily in a manner in which it hurts.