A review by lizziebeex3
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

5.0

I was feeling like this was a 4 star book until the last chapter. This isn’t an overly exciting read, more so one that you enjoy in the quieter moments to walk through the halls of other lives, peeking in at moments but continuing your journey without staying long. The connections between the stories are noticeable but subtle; I was wondering when I would find the point of it all other than to suffer with the characters in their tragic lives. I didn’t find it hard to keep faith, though, as it felt like something was coming to tie it all together, and it tied together beautifully.

If you want a book as a companion on a rainy day where you are ok with sitting in a place of gentle sadness, with glimmers of hope, arriving at a destination where you can look back with a sense of perseverance, this may be for you. As written in these pages, “sometimes it’s hard to keep the facts straight after so long, to remember all that has happened (though the emotions remain like stains).” You might not remember this book like your favorites, but it will remain with you. This was a wonderful gateway back into reading for me. Hopefully I will revisit it someday to experience it through a different lens, knowing how it comes together, able to appreciate the subjects in a new way.

Probably 4.5 stars if that was an option, but oh well.

Possible triggers - death, virus