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A review by livres_de_bloss
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
3.0
This was a real mixed bag for me. Overall, the theme felt geared at parents which I didn’t connect with. Some of these were strong, others left me scratching my head.
Individual Ratings:
The Return to Monsterland: 3.5/5
Placentophagy: 1.5/5 (This grossed me out.)
Rokurokubi: 3/5
Girl Zero: 4.5/5
The Peach Boy: 2.5/5 (Strange.)
The Inn of the Dead's Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost: 5/5 (My favourite of the twelve.)
The Passage of Time in the Abyss: 4/5
The Rest of the Way: 3.5/5
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone: 4.5/5 (Another good one.)
Snow Baby: 1/5 (I didn’t understand this at all.)
Headwater LLC: 4.5/5 (This was sad but really well done.)
Kenta's Posthumous Chrysanthemum: 2/5 (Again, not really sure what was going on here.)
I tracked this down because How High We Go In The Dark has been the best book I’ve read in 2023. I’m glad I read this one, but it wasn’t nearly as good and not worth the £12 I paid for it.
Individual Ratings:
The Return to Monsterland: 3.5/5
Placentophagy: 1.5/5 (This grossed me out.)
Rokurokubi: 3/5
Girl Zero: 4.5/5
The Peach Boy: 2.5/5 (Strange.)
The Inn of the Dead's Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost: 5/5 (My favourite of the twelve.)
The Passage of Time in the Abyss: 4/5
The Rest of the Way: 3.5/5
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone: 4.5/5 (Another good one.)
Snow Baby: 1/5 (I didn’t understand this at all.)
Headwater LLC: 4.5/5 (This was sad but really well done.)
Kenta's Posthumous Chrysanthemum: 2/5 (Again, not really sure what was going on here.)
I tracked this down because How High We Go In The Dark has been the best book I’ve read in 2023. I’m glad I read this one, but it wasn’t nearly as good and not worth the £12 I paid for it.