What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
63
pages
Longest Book
1,025
pages
Average book length in
2024
426
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Danny’s
average rating for
2024
3.6
3.6
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.55
average
Danny’s first review of the year
liked it
My wife bought this for me for Christmas as it was a book she read in high school and was moved by. It has a fairly good story, occasionally great imagery, and indeed a moving ending, but it felt a little unnatural for me to read. It is a fine translation, but because I know Japanese, it feels just a little off to read the book in English knowing they are Japanese kids not speaking English in the original text. I'm around the same age kids all da
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Danny’s last review of the year
liked it
This was a re-read, this time on audio by . The audiobook was fantastic and very professionally-done. It added to my enjoyment a lot. I would say I liked the book more than the first time (where it hovered between two and three stars), but not significantly more. I find my mind wandering at times for whatever reason and lose focus (both five years ago and now). I think it's the vignette-style storytelling which is a narrat
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