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A review by emilyinherhead
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It starts with an uncomfortable phone call from our narrator’s mother-in-law, who demands to know where her son is and why her daughter-in-law isn’t with him in the south of Greece. The sticky part is that unbeknownst to her mother-in-law and pretty much everyone else in her life, said narrator and her husband have been separated for some time. To avoid sharing this secret before she’s ready, she agrees to go looking for her estranged partner.
What follows is an introspective journey, both forward in time as the narrator tries to solve her ex’s disappearance, and backward as she digs deeper into what kind of person he was and what ultimately tore them apart.
The language is spare, the book fairly short, and the vibes dreamlike and sometimes unsettling. I’m not fully sure I got this book, but I definitely enjoyed the reading experience.
What follows is an introspective journey, both forward in time as the narrator tries to solve her ex’s disappearance, and backward as she digs deeper into what kind of person he was and what ultimately tore them apart.
The language is spare, the book fairly short, and the vibes dreamlike and sometimes unsettling. I’m not fully sure I got this book, but I definitely enjoyed the reading experience.