

This was so disappointing. The idea was interesting, it's magical realism which I generally enjoy, but the execution was just bad. I'm not sure whether it's the writing style, or translation, or both, but this was difficult and boring to read, and at times confusing. It's under 300 pages long, but I felt like it was 1000. It's a shame, because Barberry's Elegance of the Hedgehog is one of my all time favourites, but this just didn't do it for me.