Thanks to Vintage Books for my advanced reader copy of this book.

Surreal, grotesque and defiantly Weird, this novella from K-Ming Chang ruminates the obsessive nature of girlhood and desire. Seven works as a cleaner, picking out intensely specific details from her work day and its routines. She has recently reencountered Cecilia, a woman she has been obsessed with since their school days. One day, when they both take the same bus, we uncover their strange, vivid, corporeal memories. I couldn’t decide whether I enjoyed this one: it felt like the author was trying to squeeze in metaphors and Weird realism for the sake of creating a particular aesthetic. In doing so, I felt lost at multiple parts of the book… which is only 160 pages long!