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Summary: Beautifully Written
Review: Kyoko Mori's writing is colorful and descriptive allowing the reader to fully understand the beauty that Shizuko lived for. Most of the story is told through the eyes of Yuki, the protaganist but small sections of the story are told by her father and step-mother showing the complex and strong characters throughout.
Yuki's mother Shizuko committed suicide for reasons that are never fully explained. A marriage devoid of love and the hope of giving her daughter a better chance in the world was not a sufficient reason for Yuki, her daughter who throughout the book askes "Why? What made you leave me alone?". The death of her mother singled her out from her class-mates and her father's home was no longer a home for her to return to. This left Yuki utterly alone and gave her the feeling of loneliness that she tried to cover with art, track, and other talents her mother was so proud of. At the end of the story a friendship starts with a college classmate suggesting more then just friendship and hinting at something beyond.
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Summary: -Shizuko's Daughter is a great novel for young readers...
Review: Shizuko's Daughter, I feel, is a great novel for young readers to mentally gain an experience of what it is like to grow up with a mother that is deceased and a father and a stepmother that doesn't care enough about her to save things that are precious memories of someone that truly does love them. I also thought that it was a great book/novel for our specific English 10 Honors class at East Lincoln High School in Denver NC. Our teacher, Mrs. Sigmon, taught this novel in a way that the entire class can understand, makes it fun to read and also she wants to see us do the absolute BEST that we can do. As of now we are doing a total group project on the novel, that is more in depth into this novel. This way we learn more than just about reading, but also about different ways of life in todays society. The structure of this book is great also. The way the seperate chapters are put as months and years and the names are the major clue about what the chapter is really about. Thank you to all the people that have took the time to read through my review of Shizuko's Daughter. A couple things may be off topic, but I feel thatthe things that I have said directly relate to the topic of review. Thank you again.
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Summary: A book that actually made me cry
Review: This book was a touching memior of a young girl who must come to gripes with her mother's sudden suicide. The charachter Yuki was well crafted as well as were the other charachters.
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Summary: Very descriptive, but there was not one page turning part.
Review: This book was beautifully, with too much agonizing detail. The book, I could have put down and not read, but I had to for school. The book was kind of confusing But the characters were well involved, and that was good, I don't think it was 5 star material
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Summary: How dull could this be?
Review: This book was very dull throughout most it, Mori goes into extensive detail which is painstakingly hard to read. I could only read 10 pages in a half hour it was that bad...please read a magazine insted but if you have to read a book read Clifford the Big Red Dog...
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Summary: Touching
Review: This book was very touching. I felt like I could really relate to the main character. I reccommend this novel to everyone who's ever felt alone and lost. This novel is not only a struggle of a young girl trying to find herself, but it is also a reflection of the human spirit!
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Summary: Touching
Review: This book was very touching. I felt like I could really relate to the main character. I reccommend this novel to everyone who's ever felt alone and lost. This novel is not only a struggle of a young girl trying to find herself, but it is also a reflection of the human spirit!
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Summary: Shizuko and Yukiko
Review: This story is about one Japanese family, which takes place in Kobe. Shizuko commits suicide in order to give Yuki, her daughter, a better life. Yuki is a very talented girl. She can draw well and she enjoys running tracks. She seems strong, but she has a very sensitive heart. She has strong faith in herself. Yuki suffers from loneliness, losing her very own loving mother. She was left with a very distant father and a stepmother who detests Yuki. Yuki grows up to become a very independent woman with a very strong soul. The author has done a perfect job on describing every characters feeling and many beautiful flashbacks of Yuki and Shizuko with full detail. As I read the book, it made me realize how important life is. I will recommend this book to everybody .
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Summary: slow plot development and striking ending
Review: when i picked up the book as a air plane novel. i had no idea how boring it would be. the charactors were deep in one way but just sprang up incredably short in a view long term. this book to put it kindly was distastfull. mabey next time kyoko best luck to you in the feuture
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Summary: I LOVED IT
Review: Wow, all I can say. This book was exelent. I loved it, it was so discrpitive and I loved all the similies and metaphors! I HIGHLY recomend this book!
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