so far from the bamboo grove

the book started kind of ok.. but it got really boring around the middle, but the parts that im reading now is really fun. there are lot's of parts that are very exciting like the time when mother died and the twist when they have a really poor life and suddenly wins a prize and the get lots of money. yoko started babyish and only caring about herself in the beggining like the time when she didn't even want to share with the new mother with the baby. now, after a few months, she is really grown up and she doesn't live with her parents. she cares for other people now, she helps her sister and she helps around with the work instead of just leaving it for ko. she thinks about her sister, it tells us this when she uses the money that she was saving up to buy her shoes to get expensive food for the new years celebration.