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A review by karenluvstoread
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
2.5
Last year, I read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and really enjoyed it; so I was looking forward to reading this sequel for #januaryinjapan. Unfortunately, it was a bit disappointing. I definitely thought the first book was better. Here's my thoughts, which might be just a wee bit spoilerish in general but not in the specifics of the actual storyline.
What I did like:
*being able to revisit the characters of this story
*being able to revisit the bookshop and its community
What Was Disappointing:
*I was hoping to see Takako spending more time at the bookshop than she did. I actually was anticipating that she would be working full time there. So admittedly, it was a bit disappointing to see that wasn’t the case. In fact, though she now kept up the relationship with her uncle and aunt, she really didn’t have a lot of involvement with the bookshop overall.
*It felt like for the most part of the book, the reader is just floating along with not much happening. I actually really enjoy a well written slow novel; but I felt this one was sorely lacking, even though it did briefly touch on the topic of grief and loss. *At times it felt a bit juvenile in its writing. I really only found one passage to tab in the story itself.
Overall, I was disappointed with this sequel and hoped for so much more from it.
What I did like:
*being able to revisit the characters of this story
*being able to revisit the bookshop and its community
What Was Disappointing:
*I was hoping to see Takako spending more time at the bookshop than she did. I actually was anticipating that she would be working full time there. So admittedly, it was a bit disappointing to see that wasn’t the case. In fact, though she now kept up the relationship with her uncle and aunt, she really didn’t have a lot of involvement with the bookshop overall.
*It felt like for the most part of the book, the reader is just floating along with not much happening. I actually really enjoy a well written slow novel; but I felt this one was sorely lacking, even though it did briefly touch on the topic of grief and loss. *At times it felt a bit juvenile in its writing. I really only found one passage to tab in the story itself.
Overall, I was disappointed with this sequel and hoped for so much more from it.
“Listen, life is short. In the story of your life, you’ve got to avoid people like that. Choose to be with the people who really choose you, people who see you as irreplaceable. That’s the story you want…” (p. 46)