Days at the Morisaki Bookshop -

Satoshi Yagisawa

Harper Perennial

2023

160 páginas

5h 20m

ISBN-10: 0063278677

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself--a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Translated By Eric Ozawa Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence--until the day her charming boyfriend Kashikoi, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he's been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako's life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Ojisan. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Ojisan runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo's famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Ojisan's life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get her old life back. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she befriends a graduate student, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who's going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Kashikoi reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they've gained in the bookshop.

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3.5 (Bom)

“Your life is yours. It doesn’t belong to anyone else.”

Estava com vontade de ler um livro leve, calmo, aconchegante, e foi justamente isso que encontrei nesse livro. A primeira parte do livro foi um abraço e aconchego num mundo tão único com personagens excêntricos e cativantes e com temas que me identifiquei tanto, que quando finalizei a parte 1 cheguei a chorar um pouco. A segunda parte também foi legal, porém uma personagem me irritou um pouco e fez eu me arrastar durante algumas páginas. O livro é bem rápido e fácil de ler, e justamente por não ter um plot tão revelador, pode ser um pouco lento para algumas pessoas, mas eu gostei, já sabia que não iria encontrar nada fenomenal, mas sim uma calmaria que estou precisando no momento. Uma ótima leitura pra descansar a mente
A primeira parte eu dou 4 estrelas e a segunda eu dou 3, então vou colocar no meio 3,5 kkkk