dlberglund 's review for:

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda

4.0

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If you go into this expecting and American or British style murder mystery thriller, you will be disappointed. That's not what it is. This is more of a meandering character study (or relationship study) of two people who are trying to hash everything out at the end of their relationship, after living together for a while. The narrative voices aren,t completely distinct, especially at the beginning, and that may be true in the original Japanese or it may be a translation issue. Neither narrator is entirely reliable, and there are reveals as the book goes along. And you may argue that the ending is a bit ambiguous. But it was very interesting, and made me want to know the truth.