Omg Spot on with Before the Coffee Gets Cold. We read it for a book group the next day it was in the charity shop. I cannot believe people think this is a great story. Boring, mind numbing, twaddle worst book I read last year.
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agree with the overhype and trauma = drama issues with Before the Coffee Gets Cold but I think this might partially be a byproduct of Japanese culture where typically you DON’T talk about heavy topics as to not inconvenience the people around you. At least from my understanding it’s encouraged to not be disruptive and keep personal issues to yourself. Maybe don’t read any more translated Japanese lit if you didn’t like the simple writing style either HAHA since that’s something that I’ve seen in other authors as well. Also japanese media does not typically use the three act/hero’s journey structure so fundamentally even the storytelling tends to be different structurally than western books/film! In general Japanese works I’ve read tend to have topics that are novel/shocking in Japanese culture that don’t really hit the same if you’re thinking from a western perspective tbh. For example the book’s approach to the husband with dementia not wanting his wife to be his caretaker is actually a pretty unorthodox way of thinking in that context
Absolutely love your brutally honest and very entertaining book reviews! Glad I have not picked up "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", and am very excited about reading Camus's "The Outsider" now! "Frankenstein" is so brilliant
I'm so glad that you liked The Outsider! I read it a few years ago, and it knocked my socks off. Re: the first sentence, my understanding is that it's one of the great litmus tests for translators; back in 2012, the New Yorker even had a whole article on how to translate it. As for absurdism, check out the plays of Luigi Pirandello (e.g., Henry IV, Six Characters in Search of an Author). I'm convinced that, alongside Kafka, he was one of the major precursors to absurdism. And Frankenstein! Another one I read for the first time only a few years ago. It's such a good novel, so much better than a person would think based purely on pop culture's representation of it. Also, it's so, so good to see Wendell Berry get taken down a peg or two. At least in the US, some people treat him like he's some sort of saint. I enjoyed reading Eileen last year, my first Moshfegh. Did you see the film adaptation? Definitely one of my fave movies of 2023.
your book reviews are so in-depth and make those you like sound so so enticing. also your copy of Frankenstein is beautiful and I agree with everything you said about it
"Sylvia Plath just got it" !!!!!!!! I cannot stress that enough for me! I read the Bell Jar straight out of high school after studying her poetry (my English teacher bought it for me as a leaving present) and then read her journals not long after. And I have so many things in there I underlined that just made me feel 'she gets it.' Screaming from the rooftops "Sylvia Plath Just Got It!"
she really did, so i dont know about you but it makes me not really know how to feel about her work sometimes, especially as i get closer to the age at which she took her own life?
@@sarcastic_fish I get that. I think it's a testament to her writing that 60 years later, someone can sit there and read it and understand so deeply so much of what she was saying. Maybe that then calls into question why we read: do we read to understand, be understood, or to entertain ourselves?
the moment you told your opinion on "Before Coffee Gets Cold", I hit subscribe button 😊 Love your description of it ( fully agree), the bad thing is that it makes people think that how the Japanese literature looks like. I had the opportunity to meet the author of this book ( I conducted the author meeting at my previous uni), and honsestly it haven't surprised me that book is like that. At that time I hoped that the meeting him in person and talk about it, would made the book looks at least little bit better, but no. It just got worse and worse. Greetings from fellow literature student based in Japan :) (tho I am Polish)
I read the Old Man and the Sea in high school and HATED it. But I guess, as an adult, I should give it another chance. Also - agree that the Bell Jar is SO good, but also needs to be read with caution.
I never understood when people said a book's writing was "sentimental" like it was a bad thing..... Until i read certain books. BTCGC is definitely one of those books.
My favorite Hemingway work is the short story titled "A Clean Well Lighted Place." I routinely refurn to read it again. It strikes something sad and deep that I apparently need to feel routinely.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold! I don't understand how it got so popular as well, there are bad written books that become popular because they're still fun, but that one was so boring, I cared about no one and nothing. I guess everyone bought it and then didn't read it, because I don't get it
omg before the coffee gets cold. i genuinly hated it and whenever i talked to anyone about it they liked it i was genuinly shocked, im glad i found someone that shares my opinions
This isn’t constructive criticism at all. All you’ve done is slander someone’s work. You haven’t provided a criticism sandwich. If you want to have any value in the criticism you give, you need to express your thoughts coherently.
Constructive criticism is giving feedback with the intent of improving someone's work, that is not what these videos are (especially considering most of the authors are dead anyways).
@@sarcastic_fish Right, so don’t you think you should be a bit more responsible than just being a negative Nancy? You can dislike a book, but to just tear it apart with no intelligent critique reflects badly on you.
Just ignore him/her Emma. The freedom to express your genuine feelings about a work is essential to valuing those works that you do rate highly. And best of luck with finding your fig - life is tough but unexpected and rewarding at the same time!@@sarcastic_fish
@@SeanBroussard-dz5zg Disliking a book is fine, but this childish behaviour is not. If you dislike a book, you should be capable of expressing your feelings without completely denigrating the author and disrespecting the book.
