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Colorful: A Novel | Eto Mori
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"The soul of the deceased narrator, cleansed of all its memories of its past life, is heading toward the darkness when it suddenly encounters an angel. 'Congratulations!' the angel exclaims. 'You're the winner of our lottery! You're (…more)
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erzascarletbookgasm
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This is an honest depiction of teenage life struggles in urban Japan that is relevant in the 90s when it was first written, as well as today. Bullying, education ‘rat race‘, pornography, ‘love hotels‘, suicide. In her afterword, Mori said she wanted to write a novel “that will allow young people who are tired of living to have a break from their own lives.” She wrote about these serious subjects with a little comical touch in..
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erzascarletbookgasm ..hope to appeal to them- about becoming a different person and living life all over again. Worth a read. 2y
CBee Awesome 👏🏻 2y
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Not my cup of tea. More YA than I was expecting. It is 20 years old and only recently translated into English. Sexism and judgement against women pervades. Frankly was shocked to get to the end and realize the author was a woman. It was a book club pick or I would have DNF‘d it. A soul is given a chance to go live in the body of a teenage boy who commits suicide. If he doesn‘t learn these lessons he can‘t be reincarnated.

Hooked_on_books I get so mad when women do that! Let‘s support each other, ladies! That‘s the only way this works! 4y
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