angelsbeforeman's reviews
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'two trans boys struggle to reclaim their bodily autonomy in the aftermath of a brutal galactic war'? well yes

absolutely love banana yoshimoto's approach to writing a mystery. the atmosphere is so ... ♡ anyway, if you've read banana yoshimoto before you'll know just from the blurb that the story has the typical elements that her other work does. i did enjoy the additional cult theme here, because i just generally enjoy it when a book talks about a cult. i also thought the story was emotionally moving and i genuinely cared for the characters. loved the writing style as always, and i think it's good that this is a shorter piece ^^

overall pretty enjoyable and i liked the atmosphere ^_^ read the collection for banana yoshimoto and hiromi kawakami, and my favourites were their stories and the owl's estate by toshiyuki horie. i absolutely hated mambo though, which just makes me think that hitomi kanehara's work really isn't for me 😭

truly cannot see myself ever giving ocean vuong's work less than five stars. his style is just too good and i can't read anything he writes without it emotionally hitting me so hard i feel like i need to lay down for 3-5 business days. anyway, i can't pick a favourite here because it would be insanely difficult. i'll just say i think about the line 'i'm sorry for being useful only in language' like 20 times a day !