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So You Want to Live the Slow Life? A Guide to Life in the Beastly Wilds #1
So You Want to Live the Slow Life? A Guide to Life in the Beastly Wilds, Vol. 1
Another World In The Center of Japan!
Mikura Moriya expected a quiet and peaceful life in the forest when he inherited his great-grandfather’s house and enormous orchard. Someone had to keep the family business running, so he quit his job and decided to live off the land. But the house isn’t in any old forest. It’s deep in the Beastly Wilds, an area off-limits to most humans. For the Wilds are home to the Beastfolk—neither human nor animal, but something in between. It isn’t long before Mikura meets his new neighbors and makes a pact with a girl with chipmunk ears that will change his life forever.
Will Mikura get to live the slow life, or is it more trouble than it’s worth?!
Mikura Moriya expected a quiet and peaceful life in the forest when he inherited his great-grandfather’s house and enormous orchard. Someone had to keep the family business running, so he quit his job and decided to live off the land. But the house isn’t in any old forest. It’s deep in the Beastly Wilds, an area off-limits to most humans. For the Wilds are home to the Beastfolk—neither human nor animal, but something in between. It isn’t long before Mikura meets his new neighbors and makes a pact with a girl with chipmunk ears that will change his life forever.
Will Mikura get to live the slow life, or is it more trouble than it’s worth?!
215 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 28, 2022
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October 11, 2024
I just can’t slog through this anymore.
Mental note-when a book has the words “slow life” in the title, it is a very good possibility that the book itself is going to be slow and boring and dull. Procure and read at one’s own risk!
I guess the “slow life” isn’t for me. Born, bred and raised Jersey Girl here, we tend to move and talk fast. I guess I need my books to do so as well.
DNF at 51%.
2, it wasn’t bad just not my cuppa, stars.
Mental note-when a book has the words “slow life” in the title, it is a very good possibility that the book itself is going to be slow and boring and dull. Procure and read at one’s own risk!
I guess the “slow life” isn’t for me. Born, bred and raised Jersey Girl here, we tend to move and talk fast. I guess I need my books to do so as well.
DNF at 51%.
2, it wasn’t bad just not my cuppa, stars.
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March 4, 2022
Japanese novels always seem to be about food...
Cool premise, kinda a nice gentle take on urban fantasy. Lots of potential for in depth world building. Plenty of cute, as well. But all the cooking and preserved food stuff just seems extraneous. More character development and interaction, less unnecessarily detailed food reporting, please.
Cool premise, kinda a nice gentle take on urban fantasy. Lots of potential for in depth world building. Plenty of cute, as well. But all the cooking and preserved food stuff just seems extraneous. More character development and interaction, less unnecessarily detailed food reporting, please.
February 25, 2025
I can’t say it’s all that interesting…and the writing is so-so. It might be the translation, but it’s pretty stilted language. It also suffers from the issue that so many light novels have, where they put in things that sound clever or funny, but are actually very illogical. Such as a seasoned salesman agreeing to a contract where a flat percentage is given to another party without even checking the terms of the contract or the financials to make sure that it makes sense. Or buying all new equipment for his new hobby, which is the same as his great grandfather’s… So where did all his equipment go? For that matter, where did the preserves go? What kind of medical checkup do you need before entering? If you’re serious about not spreading disease (which doesn’t entirely make sense to me), then all people and items should undergo a quarantine each time they enter. It’s just not reasonable. Oh, and something minor that pinged me….you can’t use fresh pineapple in gelatin, it won’t set.
It also goes into far more detail than necessary about his preservation and cooking exploits. I assume a romance is in the future.
It isnt terrible, it’s just not good.
It also goes into far more detail than necessary about his preservation and cooking exploits. I assume a romance is in the future.
It isnt terrible, it’s just not good.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2022
Great!
Very slow paced book, some scenes felt a bit forced but it was a good experience overall! Overall deserved the 5 stars.
Very slow paced book, some scenes felt a bit forced but it was a good experience overall! Overall deserved the 5 stars.
November 30, 2023
The book is a nice slice-of-life story set in an alternate version of Japan in which beast people live in special territories kept separate from humans to protect both groups. The MC is a young human salary men who inherited the farm of his great grandfather, one of the few humans allowed to live among the beast people. The story involves cooking and food preservation, which get some details since the author clearly shares that hobby with the MC, a bit of potential romance with a local chipmunk girl, but mostly settling down in a new environment and culture. It was an enjoyable change of pace, no overpowered MC, no silly romance or over-the-top action, just what the title says: living a slow life. I hope we get a 2nd volume.
April 5, 2022
It is a little too repetitive, and there are only a couple of characters with personalities. I might try the next one, if there is one, to see if it picks up.
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