October 20, 2014 - 14:32
When I was reading, I had assumed that I was going to like Yumi—this is due to pre-judgement based on literary terms. She's the protagonist, with that POV of hers, and as a kid she was the shining princess in the play. However, right when it described the big potato costume on the sidelines, I felt like I was reading through Cass's eyes. I had figured that Yumi, when she came back to Liberty Falls, was going to be an extension of how she was as a kid, the life of the town, doing everything, having fun, that sort of deal.
However, the Yumi that came is much different than what I expected. I thought that she was going to have had her life figured out, but honestly? She's breaking down. From a narrative standpoint, I thought that Cass was going to be jealous of her, but in the end, Cass has things more organized than Yumi herself.
Looking at the book as literature, it's interesting to note the differences between the two of them as characters. On another note, I really like how Ozeki's been using names to really give unspoken insight into the characters (Cass's change from Unger to Quinn, E. Rhodes, Frank Perdue... I'm really digging it).