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Capitalize My Title. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. I hung in there, hoping for more. I always like to cheer an author on. There are 50 words for rain, as Nori says to Akira once. Nobody likes rain. Rain after a perfect, clear sky…. Relentless rain. Rain that would never st There are 50 words for rain, as Nori says to Akira once.
Rain that would never stop. A bunch of them, actually. Poor little Nori an illegitimate daughter of a Japanese woman and an Afroamerican man lives in the attic of her grandparents' house after her mom cuckoos her to them at just 8. She gets beaten, her skin bleached daily, spends all her time in a room in the attic… Akira, her brother. Where did he get westernalized to all than extent? He could've walked out of some dorama set. Nevertheless, he gets things as interesting as they could get.
The okiya part - a lot like the other geisha stories. I'm sure this one's gonna be another of my favs. Doing that to him felt quite callouse, didn't it? Like he's a thing to be used and discarded Not because it was unlike something her mother would say, but because not once in her life had Nori ever disobeyed. Do not think if thinking will lead you somewhere you ought not to be. Only smile and do as you are told. Only your life is more important than your obedience.
Only the air you breathe. In her mind, it was the most noble of quests. Just look at this: Q: It came quickly, the pain. It was better to accept the tears, with as much grace and dignity as could be mustered. They would fall silently down her cheeks, constant and cool like a babbling brook. In fact, this privilege delighted her so much that she hardly even minded that nobody answered her. Somehow, she had to make herself more appealing than whatever it was her mother had left her for.
Too bold in your ways. Like your whore mother. You lack poise and grace. I can hear your footsteps shaking the house, like a zou. We are royalty. We do not walk like rice farmers. Q: But her favorite thing, by far, was the half-moon-shaped window above her bed that overlooked the gardens As far as Nori was concerned, she could see the entire world. There was no beating on earth that would make her regret what she had done. I am sure she notices them too, but she never flinches. Sometimes she will turn and nod gently, and the offender will blush and scurry away.
For God knows they will talk about you anyway. View all 11 comments. Sep 15, Sara rated it did not like it. If you enjoy cheesy soap operas with twists and turns that defy belief, then this is your book. It reads smoothly for the most part and has all the elements of human emotions that the author can fit in. If you know anything about Japan, this book is going to aggravate the heck out of you. There is a reason why they say "Write what you know. There are so many mistakes, impossibilities, careless details and tropes in this book that I gave up on making a list.
It's If you enjoy cheesy soap operas with twists and turns that defy belief, then this is your book. It's an insult to the culture of Japan to be so misrepresented in this book. Mostly, this is an insult to the Hafu Black and Japanese folks that I know.
They all have stories. Their parents have stories. There are real stories that need to be told. I cringe when I think of anyone reading this book and thinking that they've learned anything about Japan or what it is like to be half-Japanese. I hope the author will stick to what she knows going forward, or learn how to do authentic research. Meanwhile, it's as if she found a template for writing a book and simply plugged in some details.
This book could have been set anywhere; it says nothing about Japan. I will give kudos to the use of the Japanese phrases. View all 17 comments. Feb 21, Jen rated it really liked it Shelves: japan.
I could easily come up with 50 words to describe this coming of age story and how it made me feel. She is a bastard child, an embarrassment to the wealthy family. She is tucked away in an attic and abused for not learning the Japanese subservient female behaviours. Old culture threaded I could easily come up with 50 words to describe this coming of age story and how it made me feel. Old culture threaded in with new.
The sibling relationship between her and her half brother. The music. The bravery and strength of character. Poetically written. This one moved me. Looking forward to many more from this up and comer. View all 50 comments. Dec 05, Marialyce absltmom, yaya rated it really liked it Shelves: edelweiss , books-of There are so many people who grew up with hardship covering their entire lives. The time period is after the war in Japan and Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's, an eight year old child, a product of a wealthy Japanese mother and a black G.
I father who has to faced daily the repercussions of being a mixed race child. Abandoned by her mother, forced to abide in the mansion's attic, given bleach baths to try and lig There are so many people who grew up with hardship covering their entire lives. Abandoned by her mother, forced to abide in the mansion's attic, given bleach baths to try and lighten her skin, her life is one of confinement and cruelty from her grandmother, and a lack of love and care.
She learns to treasure the sound of rain for that can be heard in the attic, whereas the sun can not be seen in her prison abode. Her life takes a turn for the better when her half older brother, Akira, arrives. He is a legitimate son, the future "prince" for his grandparents status and wealth and he becomes for Nori, a way to find a tiny bit of happiness.
Akira is her glimpse into the world outside her attic door. This was such a sad tale, one where a child is being punished for just existing, and as Nori is introduced to the world, she also finds the pain that goes along with being a person, the sorrows and the depths one can face while growing and learning. As Nori eventually finds sometimes the circle of life brings one right back to the beginning.
Thank you to Asha Lemmie, and Edelweiss for a copy of this touching story. View all 35 comments. There is beauty in suffering, many believe—especially if the sufferer is a woman. Women are forged by adversity, etc. Fifty Words for Rain is a beautiful, wonderfully written novel. You name it, Lemmie probably puts her character through it.
I wonder, though, if any have looked beneath the surface and really seen that this is a shocking book built on a nonexistent character arc and some questionable portrayals of a culture the author has no first-hand experience with.
This book is set in Japan in the s and s. Asha Lemmie is not Japanese, though I completely credit that she loves and respects the culture. Yet I wonder if she has the range. Is this depiction of Japan appropriate, or does it feed into our Western stereotypes?
This felt gratuitous and sensationalized. I am not Japanese, so I cannot speak here, but I wonder why Lemmie, a Black American woman, felt qualified to write a story of a Black Japanese woman suffering on account of her identity—and if she considered the consequences of portraying Japan as a country full of immoral racists. More concerning to me is the protagonist, Nori, and her development over the course of Fifty Words for Rain.
Lemmie inflicts loss after loss upon Nori, in such a way that the sequence of events seems clearly manufactured and baseless.
This is not character growth; this is not a personality. And then the end…oh boy, the end. Is Nori going to be happy in her role as Japanese crime-boss? Not at all—the book makes it clear she will be miserable. So what is this? Make it make sense! By assuming the role of head of the family, she is doing what Akira cannot do, since he was murdered for being close to her. I mean…fine. Wear it if you want to. The frustrating thing about all of this is that Fifty Words for Rain is actually quite good!
I truly cannot express how much I enjoyed the vast majority of this book though, again: would love to have some Japanese readers weigh in on this depiction of post-war Japan. Up until then: it was great!
However, I question if this was tragedy for a good and transformative purpose, or tragedy for the sake of tragedy. View all 14 comments. Oct 05, Shana Zucker rated it it was ok Shelves: , audiobooks. Everything went downhill with the last quarter of the book. And the ending contradicted the entire character development. Also not a fan of the nearly incestuous relationship with her brother.
This book has many rave reviews; I just am not seeing it. View all 10 comments. Dec 13, Bkwmlee rated it really liked it Shelves: asian-experience-or-author , edelweiss , fiction , favorites. I think part of the reason why I reacted so strongly to the ending was because, up to that point, I was so emotionally invested in the story and the characters that 4. I think part of the reason why I reacted so strongly to the ending was because, up to that point, I was so emotionally invested in the story and the characters that it was hard for me to accept how things unfolded at the end.
Nori is banished to a life of solitary confinement in the attic, where her only companionship is the servant who sees to her daily needs. But all of that changes when the half-brother Nori never knew she had comes to live with his grandparents after his father dies -- as the legitimate heir to the Kamiza dynasty, Akira is doted on by a grandmother who is willing to give him the world as long as he takes his destined place in the family. As Akira gets to know his half-sister, the siblings form a unique and close bond — a bond that their grandparents will try to break at all costs due to the impact it would have on the path that Akira is destined to lead.
I was drawn to her self-effacing charm, her curious nature, and most important of all, her strength in rising above the odds and defying the circumstances she was born into. I was tremendously moved by their relationship and how special it was — it actually made me think about my relationship with my sibling and long for the type of bond these two had. Needless to say, several scenes in particular brought me to tears — though I will also say that there were an equal number of scenes that made me angry, especially the ones involving the grandparents and the antiquated mindset that drove all of their actions.
No doubt this is a story that will stay with me for a long time to come. This is not an easy story to read by any means, but it is an important one, and despite the issues I had with the ending, I feel that Asha Lemmie did a fantastic job. View all 26 comments.
Sep 17, Bethany Meyer rated it it was ok Shelves: celebrity-book-club , poc-author. I really wanted to love this book, but it just read like a soap opera.
I was rolling my eyes at the drama. Totally dramatic things seemed to happen for no reason and didn't affect the plot, literally just happened. Like, okay, put in that piece of drama, now time to move to the next one. Also, not sure why the author, who is not Japanese, felt the need to set it in Japan when it could have been set anywhere, because she doesn't pay much attention to Japanese culture anyway. Also, the other point I really wanted to love this book, but it just read like a soap opera.
Also, the other points of view that pop up throughout made it feel kind of disjointed to me. I was really disappointed with this book that I couldn't wait to read. Two stars, rather than one, for being a readable page-turner despite all the melodrama I hated. Also, the ending was stupid. View all 6 comments. Put in the attic and shunned by her very traditional Japanese grandparents, Nori merely exists until her half brother, Akira, comes into the picture.
The story gets more intense and it is hard to put down the book. Well written and an excellent piece of literary fiction, I recommend and thank Netgalley for the ARC. First, thank you to NetGalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is very reminiscent of other books I've read in the past, Flowers in the Attic comes to mind, as does White Oleander and Memoirs of a Geisha with a dash of the movie Mommy Dearest, but not with wire hangers.
I very much enjoyed the majority of the book, which follows Nori's journey from child with a strict upbringing to woman with emotional baggage to spare. The ending especially felt like a miss to what I was expecting, because Nori view spoiler [ basically turns into the very person she hated from the beginning.
I especially liked the author's writing style, and came away from the book with many quotes noted down in my notebook. View all 15 comments. Oct 03, momreadsbooksinbtwn rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone, people of mixed race, people that love Japanese culture.
Shelves: favorites. What an amazing read! I seriously could not put it down, the fastest and best read all year for me! It was such a beautiful and honest portrayal of Japanese culture and the honor of family during that time period. Your heart breaks for Nori and her eternal love for her half brother Akira. You can hear Akira playing Ave Maria on his violin for Nori.
Nori lives many lifetimes in just 24 years. Interesting fact, Nori in Japanese is seaweed, which is somewhat black in color after it has been roasted. Curious if this was intended as symbolism, since Nori is half Japanese and half African American or it could be because she was seen as a blight on the honor of the Kamiza Family.
Good book club discussion questions. This book really touched me because, I am very much like Nori. After marrying my father, my mother was disowned by her family and came to live with him here in the US.
I grew up here, but always wondered what it would have been like to live and grow up in Japan. This is such a beautiful story and I cannot wait to share it with my mother. View all 3 comments. The book was absolutely riveting; I read it in two days and any time not spent reading it was spent thinking about it. The ending stunned me, angered me, made me weep, and made absolute sense. Dec 12, capture stories rated it really liked it. There are fifty words to describe Rain in Japanese allegory to Nori's oppressive and abusive life.
Noriko Kamiza has a complicated mixed race and out of wedlock birth that places her in an odd and miserable position throughout her life. She struggles with being an outcast in a higher caste! Abandoned by her mother to live with her abusive grandmother, Lady Yuko, and oblivious grandfather in the unacquainted ancestral home, Noriko spent most of her childhood locked away in an attic to avoid shame on the mighty Kamiza's royal reputation. Nori lives a life of shadow, misery, and fear that are brutally honest and heart-wrenching to read about.
She endures a painful bleach bath daily to erase the traces of color on her skin and remove evidence of her mother's affair with the African American soldier, her father. Asha Lemmie has a keen eye for delicate and intricate matters about humanity that speaks with boldness in a historical portrait of racism in Japan's culture. A paragraph typically has words and sentences. To quickly find out how many pages various word counts make, see the table below.
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