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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Once again Yoko Ogawa has spun an amazing, hard-to-put-down novel.
This book starts out as very intriguing, turns sombre, then ends down right depressing.
It took a while to read this book as I felt I had to absorb every single word, but once the typewriter story began, I couldn't stop lapping up the words and story.
Could we live in a world where things just disappear from existence and our memories, particularly if someone just didn't want it in their life? Alternatively, this may be how having Alzheimer's or any other permanent memory loss may feel.
This book starts out as very intriguing, turns sombre, then ends down right depressing.
It took a while to read this book as I felt I had to absorb every single word, but once the typewriter story began, I couldn't stop lapping up the words and story.
Could we live in a world where things just disappear from existence and our memories, particularly if someone just didn't want it in their life? Alternatively, this may be how having Alzheimer's or any other permanent memory loss may feel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Self harm, Slavery, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent