kiramke 's review for:

Y/N by Esther Yi

3.5

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Initially I added this book because it looked weird at a moment when I was looking for weird. Reading reviews, I realized it wasn't a book I'd likely enjoy fully, and considered dumping it.  Instead I listened at a pretty high speed, so that I could just let it wash over me and not get stuck in particulars. 

Now, it's definitely not for me, but I like that it doesn't care to be. I kind of like that it's bleak and overly serious and in some ways not at all about what it seems to be about.  Form aside, is it that different from the classic German bildungsroman, that philosophical disaffected youth in search of meaning and identity, or escape from both? 

I genuinely don't know whether I enjoyed this book or would recommend it, but I enjoyed thinking about it, and I suspect I'll continue thinking about it for a while.