A review by cass_lit
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

3.25

I think I want to like Ruth Ozeki’s work more than I end up actually doing so. The idea of this had so much potential and I enjoyed having the book narrator. What’s up with modern books throwing around the r-word in order to showcase bullying though? I hate it and it makes me hate the writing. We know better and authors have to do better. I have some other critiques on the language used to talk about the mom and Benny that just overall took me out of the story. Personally, I just wish the execution of an interesting plot would’ve been done a little better. 
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