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 ๐๐ 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 ๐ญ๐ญi 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
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