Book Girl and the Famished Spirit (light novel)

Wow this is my first time reading a novel-based story on 'Book Girl' or Bungaku Shoujo, which means 'Literature Girl' a story of a boy made to join the school's Book Club with its only member, Amano Touko. The story starts out as rather mysterious but then branches out into a rather insightful tale, with references from classics. Sometimes the art isn't really fitting the dark story but it is adorable anyways. I love is that the main character, Konoha Inoue's cynical personality portrayed which in artwork, it does not give the illusion of his darker personality within. This is the only novel I love and translated really well with depth. This is unlike Viz novels which were terribly script sounding and incomplete series. I hope to enjoy more of BookGirl and I could not put it down until the novel was finished.

It's been a while since I picked up the previous book in the series, so forgive me if I forget a little something here or there from the previous work. I have to say though, that reading the second book makes me wonder why I waited so long to get back into this.There's a lot about this light novel that I liked. I think what stood out to me first and foremost about this light novel was that it was such a dark and somber book at times. It's very adult in tone when you get down to it, which makes it a stark contrast to books such as the Haruhi Suzumiya, which tend to focus more on crazy antics. Those series do have some serious subject matters, but ultimately tend to look at the lighter side of teenage life in surreal surroundings.Not so with the Book Girl series. It's a light novel, which means that none of the subject matter will delve too deeply into the tougher stuff. However at the same time, the series doesn't exactly shy away from it either. Let's just say that death does occur as far as this particular book is concerned and some of the events here are bloody and depressing. This isn't exactly something you'd hand a very young reader.I have to use this point to sort of elaborate on what made this a four star read rather than a five star. It's the very nature of this series that sort of works against it at times. We're given enough to where the characters are fleshed out enough to make the story work and for us to mostly care for everyone, but the subject matter here (eating disorders, obsession, death of Wuthering Heights proportions) really sort of longed to be more fully developed. It's more of a tease when you get down to it and I can't help but feel that some readers will get frustrated when they finally turn the last page. It's the type of story that will undoubtedly do well when the animated adaptation hits, as they'll be able to do far more than the original story contained.Overall, I highly recommend this to anyone looking to get into light novels but wants to avoid the stuff that's more along the lines of Haruhi Suzumiya (a great series, but not for everyone). It's a surprisingly adult book and one that I hope Yen Press releases the entirety of.

As usual, Konoha and Tohko-senpai go on crazy adventures to solve someone's love troubles. And as usual, they bite into more than they can chew. Tohko's mysterious, yet gentle and sweet personality really flesh out in this book. Also, it is revealed that even Tohko cannot reveal the future (as she did using literature in the first book). This is volume is a tale of twisted, tortured love. By the end, you will most likely cry. It is a writing style that makes you feel nostalgic as you see the titles of literature you may have read as a child (Pride and Prejudice, Little Lord Fauntleroy), and makes your cheeks drip with tears as you learn the shocking truth. This is yet another volume of Book Girl you must have on your shelf.5/5

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THE CONCEPT:A series intended for teens who don't like reading. Each volume loosely adapts the plot and themes of a classic novel to a Japanese high school setting.That sounds like a challenge, right? Making a classic novel effective in a a supernatural school full of joshikousei? You bet, and Nomura's chops aren't up to the challenge. Volumes 1 and 2 amount to nothing but contrived, barely-planned, badly written fanfictions that spoil great stories. They add nothing but shock value and moé illustrations (which are lovely).Nomura has no right to look down on her readers. If stories are dumbed down, they won't be great anymore. Duh. Half-illiterate teens can't digest complex literature because it's an acquired taste. Nobody can stomach trash.Review courtesy of strangemoe.net