A review by scumbear
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

“What I mean is… it’s a beautiful weakness. That’s what we’re protecting, always, each in our own way. It’s what we fight for.”

oh shit here come the waterworks. beautiful novel, wonderfully wonderful and heartbreaking. a book about bullying yes, but a book about breathing and taking all the awful and beautiful things in too. won’t ever forget you heaven. never ever. but you really hurt like hell.