lost souls meet under a full moon

 i just finished this book.. i havent done a book review in a long time so writing one

basically this is like a collection of a few stories following different people who lost someone they loved. and the story revolves around this boy named ayumi who is a "go-between," someone who arranges meetings between the living and dead. but only for 1 night (there are a bunch of rules)

i like how each story explores different forms of grief (kinda), the storytelling is simple but in a nice slice-of-life way. my favorite sections were kirari and tsuchiya, and arashi and misosno.. bro they were genuinely so heartbreaking 💔💔 actually this book reminds me of echo because theyre both books that follow different people. and by the end everything is sort of connected together. also! i like how you slowly learn more about ayumi's lore and it ends with a chapter just for him, finally explaining all of the mysteries in the beginning 

ngl though at times it was hard/boring/confusing to get into some of the sections. but i ended up getting hooked later on so its ok ig. also, the meetings between the living and dead felt a little lackluster. theyre supposed to go from 6pm to morning ish and be very poignant but the dialogue/scenes are so short. maybe the author thought it'd be boring to show too much of it. 

i wonder how the original japanese version would read like since this is translated 

anyway, overall it was pretty good and enthralling despite some issues .. 7/10 

also broouugh i found out there's a sequel to this and it came out recently. but its not available on libby 😭😭i want to read the books back-to-back but i cant 

oh, and i like both covers for this. feels like the cover art style matches the writing style