The way Mieko Kawakami captivates you with her characters is mind-boggling. I really enjoyed this book—the characters, the plot, everything is a 10 out of 10.
Talking about the main protagonist, she’s a proofreader and a super introvert. I personally liked the way Fuyuko sees the world. I remember when Hijiri told her to just sleep with the guy she wanted—Fuyuko beautifully explained what love means to her, and I really loved her perspective.
Some might find the story a little slow, but I found it incredibly detailed and thought-provoking. I would definitely recommend this to everyone.

Sad girl lit in full force!
I got this book because I wanted to read something by Mieko Kawakami, and this one attracted me the most. This is a very quiet book, it's an exploration of loneliness that seeps and settles in life without you realizing it. The prose is so beautiful, borderline poetic. It's a soft gentle book where at first nothing seems to be happening, we follow the life of loneliness and work of the main protagonist, Fuyuko, along with her thoughts and feelings about her world. She's very quiet, she barely expresses herself the way she wants to, but as her story unfolds, she becomes relatable (at least to me).
This is a book for quiet lonely people, those who choose to watch instead of act, not out of cowardice, but it's just their nature.
I needed this gentle book this week, I needed the quietness, the tiny hope of it all. Something mundane and not too eventful.