What a beautifully, uniquely written story. My heart feels a bit heavy after completing it. It was really special and unlike anything I’ve ever read before. 

It reminded me a little of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow in the sense that it was a long and a sometimes slow paced book, but as a whole, it was worth every page. There were so many beautiful concepts and philosophical questions presented and questioned and I learnt so much (I really appreciate how much work and research was put into this). I especially loved how much I learnt about Japan, not just their culture, but some of their words as well. A tale for the time being was carefully crafted with lots of love, and you can tell. 

The footnotes being apart of the story/breaking the fourth wall was one of my absolute favourite parts. So so unique! Nao’s journal really did read like a teenage girl’s and at times I felt like she was talking to me, but I think that was the whole point of the story too. That is what makes it so special. The concept of the time being. The readers are just as much a character in the story as Ruth is. 

So many of my interests were incorporated into this novel and it’s what made me love it so much. Very very special read.