A review by lou_mac
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

As with most things I give 3 stars to... I'm torn. I loved the concept of this book, and the mixing of science, folk lore and magic was beautiful. However I just found it hard to read it parts - the first third in particular just took a lot of effort, even though I was enjoying the story I could make the words flow as I read them. There are alot of heavy themes, so maybe it was the weight of subject matter slowing me down.

I would have loved a more definitive ending, but as with most books where I want that... the lack of certainty it probably the point. 

I found Nao a great character, and loved getting to know her family through her narration. I liked Ruth well enough, but maybe a first person narrative would have made it easier... again though...maybe that's the point 😂
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