A review by jayisreading
Walking on the Ceiling by Ayşegül Savaş

reflective slow-paced

2.25

A little over two hundred pages, Walking on the Ceiling was a pretty quick read. A lot of the novel required ruminating; the essence of this book (it seems) is that the protagonist, Nunu, is constantly ruminating about the happenings in her life. As a result, there wasn’t much of a plot, though this isn’t necessarily the worst thing to let writing wander about. However, this wandering wasn’t like a book like On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, which left quite an impression on me, because there was character development. Walking on the Ceiling lacked that in addition to a plot.

Savaş brought up a lot of interesting themes in such a short book: mother-daughter relationships, events taking place in Istanbul, ownership of ideas and thoughts, etc. Yet, she never explores them in-depth and leaves a lot to be desired. I think the detached writing style didn’t help, though she had moments where she had beautiful lines that gave you some food for thought. 
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