Your Lie in
April
By: Naoshi Arakawa
Genre: YA Manga
Pages: 224
Published: 2015
Read: January
2 out of 5
This is the first manga I have read, so I will be the
first to admit that I am probably not the best judge for this book (no good
comparison). I felt the book jumped around and added too many unnecessary parts
and YES, I read it from right to left. The story did pull me in immediately
with the tragic death of Kosei’s parents and the resulting monotone view of his
life. However, it seemed to jump around too much – in the café buying food to
playing with a cat to school being let out for no reason to riding their bikes
away in the distance. I just couldn’t follow the side stories and didn’t
understand why some aspects were even included (ex: not being able to buy food
in their school uniform, WHAT?!?). It may be because I am an adult and a YA
librarian, but I did appreciate the notes on Beethoven, Mozart, and music in
general. I hope the teens do as well.
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