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theliteraryteapot 's review for:
Le restaurant des recettes oubliées
by Hisashi Kashiwai
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
The concept of a restaurant solving mysteries in the form of looking for lost/forgotten recipes is really great. I loved the food descriptions. But I completely disliked the execution.
Poor writing: very simple one sentence to describe an action and then the rest is just dialogues. There were so many repetitions as well (this is why editors exist). Poor character work: the two main characters are so bland, no depth whatsoever, no development, we know almost nothing about them. They sort of didn't feel human. As for the mysteries, we never see the characters actually solving them, we only see the end results.
There was so much potential but this was a disappointment.
Poor writing: very simple one sentence to describe an action and then the rest is just dialogues. There were so many repetitions as well (this is why editors exist). Poor character work: the two main characters are so bland, no depth whatsoever, no development, we know almost nothing about them. They sort of didn't feel human. As for the mysteries, we never see the characters actually solving them, we only see the end results.
There was so much potential but this was a disappointment.
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Dementia, Alcohol