I enjoyed the theme of this book, especially with the Japanese words blended into the English text. Unfortunately, I didn't really like the writing style, with elements not being very well-developed and just haphazardly thrown in here and there. The end was especially sudden, and the epilogue was not really believable and was pretty ridiculous really.

Meh. Mostly fluffy tripe, and a murder-mystery at that.

It started off well enough, but just got so confusing and then dragged on in parts.

Ugh.

A bit slow to progress, and the two parts of the book are vastly different. At first, I was glad for the main character'[s luck in visiting her aunt and uncle, and hoped something more would come of it. The rest just depressed me.

Eh, it was ok. Kind of slow and a little boring.

Sad, but moving.

Amazing detail, and the plot came together so nicely. It was hard not to continually dislike the main character though.

I really liked the style of writing and the plot was interesting for the most part. I had a hard time relating to some of the characters, especially the main character, just for how pathetic she was at times.

At almost 900 pages in length, this book is quite a feat to read, but I think it's well worth the effort. I'm not usually fond of fairytale fiction with magic as the main theme, but the style of writing drew me in, and the plot had enough action to keep my interest.