A fun collection of stories that shows Yoko Ogawa's signature blunt prose, but nothing too special in terms of the stories themselves. Ogawa made an interesting choice to connect all the stories via the many characters, but it ended up falling flat for me and felt more like a fun gimmick than something impactful. I felt like the stories just missed going a bit deeper into the themes they were exploring.

I definitely felt Edgar Allen Poe vibes with the short stories though, and they made for a fun, weird romp.