A review by django018
The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi

challenging mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A great story, to me, is one that haunts. Occasionally I read a book that, although enjoyed, is not immediately something I would declare as one of my 'must reads'... And then I think about it, and I think about it, and just like that it may as well be the wood grain in the planks of my brain house. This story is slippery, it's impossible to contain and even if I could, I wouldn't want to entrap it. This story moves with concealed, serrated edges, and stings at the wounds wrought by those edges with sugar and salt. It's two stories, it's everyone's story, and ultimately, it's a tale about loss and the sea.