Kiki's Delivery Service
Sep. 23rd, 2025 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearKiki's Delivery Service, by Eiko Kadono is a 1980s Japanese children's book, which the famous Studio Ghibli film is based on. It's about a young witch heading out into the world to make her living, and setting up a delivery service in a coastal town.
It took me a while to get into it because it felt very stilted and a bit flat to start with - plus, I didn't actually like Kiki all that much at the start!
Also:
Protagonist - Kiki
Her mother - Kokiri
The town - Koriko
Confusing...
It did get better as it went along, and I liked following Kiki's journey of making a place for herself in the town. But it's very slight (I know it's a kids' book, but still) and felt a bit rushed.
Still, enjoyable overall.
It took me a while to get into it because it felt very stilted and a bit flat to start with - plus, I didn't actually like Kiki all that much at the start!
Also:
Protagonist - Kiki
Her mother - Kokiri
The town - Koriko
Confusing...
It did get better as it went along, and I liked following Kiki's journey of making a place for herself in the town. But it's very slight (I know it's a kids' book, but still) and felt a bit rushed.
Still, enjoyable overall.
