A review by mimooo
Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono

hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

edit: im sitting with it a lot as one reviewer said the mind of a child is so precious and so obscure, like a rare pearl…. but im realizing it was also a book about our afterlives. we want to begin again but how can we let go of the pain and love and joy that was in our past lives? the big thing that follows us sometimes with succor sometimes with cruelty. in heaven do i forget the ant that crawled up my brother’s leg, the taste of mochi, my hope of swimming with a dolphin, how could i be happy in heaven when that time existed on earth? 

quick sad read, wish for more to it but i think it will grow on me. control of mood and theme and general restraint was quite masterful. really beautiful at times. reminded me of koreeda’s nobody knows. ono is marie ndiaye’s translator so i love that obvi.