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A review by bookopinions
Zeremonie des Lebens by Sayaka Murata
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
3,5/5 or 7/10
Murata has an interesting view on the world. In her usual style, this book of shortstories depicts differing realities, more or less similar to the one we are currently living. The range of topics alternates between the human body, our environment and life, sometimes combinig everything all at once.
I've heard that she's exceptionally good at writing short fiction and although I agree with this claim, I don't feel like I have much to compare it to. Personally I can say, that I liked her short stories a lot more than her novella Convenience Store Woman. It feels like a short glimpse onto the draft of an alternate universe, sometimes taking on surrealistic features or even blending into the morbid. This makes it extremly fun to read and I couldn't help my curiosity for what was about to come next, whenever I had finished a story.
Despite that, there were stories in here that just turned out a bit too fantastical fo me to connect with but alltogether I enjoyed the book a lot and would probably recommend it to everyone who doesn't know where to start with Muratas works.
Murata has an interesting view on the world. In her usual style, this book of shortstories depicts differing realities, more or less similar to the one we are currently living. The range of topics alternates between the human body, our environment and life, sometimes combinig everything all at once.
I've heard that she's exceptionally good at writing short fiction and although I agree with this claim, I don't feel like I have much to compare it to. Personally I can say, that I liked her short stories a lot more than her novella Convenience Store Woman. It feels like a short glimpse onto the draft of an alternate universe, sometimes taking on surrealistic features or even blending into the morbid. This makes it extremly fun to read and I couldn't help my curiosity for what was about to come next, whenever I had finished a story.
Despite that, there were stories in here that just turned out a bit too fantastical fo me to connect with but alltogether I enjoyed the book a lot and would probably recommend it to everyone who doesn't know where to start with Muratas works.