Rereading in preparation for the next book, each time I read these books there’s always something new to find!
I’m not sure it matches all the hype but the story did grow on me, a nice concept but needs a bit more refining!
Whilst in Japan I wanted to read more Japanese literature and this book took me by surprise. I was initially hesitant because to start with it seemed like a collection of short stories which I don’t usually go for and I thought each one could have been expanded on but there was an overarching narrative that brought everything together nicely.
Anything by this author is amazing and I would always recommend. This was a great story that merges nicely with one of the Classical Studies standards on descents into the underworld!
Told like a series of memories rather than a continuous narrative - made for an interesting unreliable narrator!