I really wanted to like this game and there are many things about the game that I do like, but there more that I don't like. This game eats time which can be great if that's how you want to spend your time, but doing the daily errands can easily consume two or more hours.
The music is good! The graphics are lovely.
The game is unnecessarily "clicky". There are some tasks, like having items cataloged, which could be done in just a couple of clicks, but end up taking significantly more than necessary. Almost every interaction involves unnecessary clicks.
The game area is far too cluttered and as you continue to play you end up adding to that clutter. That clutter can make it difficult to find items and or interact with items when needed.
When dealing with most of the ghost bears if you craft something you get it immediately, but with the baker whatever you made gets delayed sent to the postal worker.
You're encouraged and need to have a lot of pets and you need to feed them and what they might want can vary. As a result you can end up spending a lot of time running back and forth to the baker and the postal worker and "Flamey" in order to get things from your inventory.
Inventory is a problem. As you play the game there is an ever increasing number of items most of which you need to keep because you're going to need it to craft something later or it's an item that will be needed for a quest later. You can increase the amount of inventory space you have by increasing your tent and/or increasing what Mr. Kit's store has to offer all of which costs money. Catching fish and burning them and then crafting the bones into an item that sells for a good price is the easiest way I found to make money so it is possible even early in the game to increase your available inventory it is just time consuming and that doesn't always add to the enjoyment.
I really wanted to like this game. If the "daily tasks" could be completed within a half hour to 45 minutes, I probably would have even with the clutter and excessive inventory needs and clicky interface. As it is, I have more important things to do and I don't like this game enough to continue with it.
Pity, it could have been a really good game.

I've played this game for nearly 1.2 hrs so far. I finally got it after hearing about it for a few years. I'm enjoying it so far! No complaints. It's very cute, makes me happy, and gives me dopamine with the achievements lol.

I'll probably make a better review once I've played more. But definitely try it out if it's been on your list. If you're on the fence, wait for a sale. I got it for about half off and it's definitely worth that.

Drawn in by the cover, but after getting Animal Crossing I totally gave up on this game. Its progression follows real-world time, and the main gameplay is about finding stuff on the map, which honestly isn't too similar to Animal Crossing. Plus, the map is basically all white until you light up the places with lamps. The game also has crafting furniture, fishing, planting trees, and other similar activities, and you don’t need to spend much time on tasks each day. But there are some total BS storylines in the game, though I haven’t reached them yet. I’d give it a middle-of-the-road rating