A review by jayisreading
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

Buckle up, because Murata is going to take you for a ride in this collection of short stories. They’re just as provocative as her previous works in the way they openly challenge societal norms. I can definitely see how Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings came to be from some of these stories (especially Earthlings).

Like many short story collections, I found some more engaging than others. I also thought the longer stories were far more interesting, but that’s likely because Murata had more space to develop her ideas—
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