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A review by emanon_
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa
fast-paced
5.0
I want to give this book a review but I can’t. I literally have to sit down with whoever comes across this review and just rant for 10min straight cuz the emotions I’m feeling are too strong.
Ok ok, lemme try and make some sense out of it all. So.. the book has 11 short stories. Each one, on its own, is about 3.5 - 4.5 stars. Well written but nothing too crazy. But together, now that’s when the magic starts.
Yoko took the genius decision to connect all the stories and create this very peculiar world where everyone and everything is connected without any of the characters actually knowing that. Frankly they don’t need to, they just live their own lives doing whatever odd thing Yoko has assigned them but then they either witness or take part in some other characters life and it’s just so.. good! Idk, I love it. It’s so ordinary it almost feels extraordinary.
I found myself seeking each and every connection from one story to the next and it felts so good each time I caught up on them. Some of the connecting dots were so subtle and others were obvious. Lovely, lovely stuff.
Ogawa deserves 5 stars for the effort. I went into this expecting nothing special and I came out having read one of my favourite books do far.
Ok ok, lemme try and make some sense out of it all. So.. the book has 11 short stories. Each one, on its own, is about 3.5 - 4.5 stars. Well written but nothing too crazy. But together, now that’s when the magic starts.
Yoko took the genius decision to connect all the stories and create this very peculiar world where everyone and everything is connected without any of the characters actually knowing that. Frankly they don’t need to, they just live their own lives doing whatever odd thing Yoko has assigned them but then they either witness or take part in some other characters life and it’s just so.. good! Idk, I love it. It’s so ordinary it almost feels extraordinary.
I found myself seeking each and every connection from one story to the next and it felts so good each time I caught up on them. Some of the connecting dots were so subtle and others were obvious. Lovely, lovely stuff.
Ogawa deserves 5 stars for the effort. I went into this expecting nothing special and I came out having read one of my favourite books do far.