A review by amethyst_sea
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

So well written. The narrative style is so different and I really liked it. this book is so sad and heavy yet, keeps you hopeful. It was really jarring sometimes how Nao would talk about really heavy/disturbing things in such a light manner. As if it's normal to her, but that just made me feel more for her. The dream element was really interesting and a little unexpected, but I didn't really mind it. Honestly, having some parts of it not be very realistic made things slightly less sad. Really liked this overall. It's heavy, sad, and uncomfortable at times, but reminds us that's what life is sometimes and there's still hope for things to turn out ok.
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