I might agree with that ‘heart-shattering’ review on the cover; to journey a brink of an emotional tale in between its three alternating perspectives did entwine me with an affecting dejection. Like a sudden brief downpour of Sonagi; the word that echoed the names of the three main characters; Sora, Nana and Naghi, I’ll Go On brought me to travel through the past lives of these characters while exploring their present-day train of thoughts toward their intimate relationships and self-discovery— of neglect and abandonment, trauma, grief and resentment also the absorbing glimpses on culture, lifestyle and one’s sexuality.

Love the author’s stylistic choice of narrating her plot without quotation marks as I find the blurred line in between its dialogues and prose as intriguing and more poignantly plotted. Delving into each narrative gets me drown in their respective soul-searching adventure and that tight strands of family relationships esp in between Sora and Nana observed such a gripping issue on motherhood, hope and love as well how their past experiences reflected the afterthoughts due to Nana’s pregnancy. I like Naghi’s personality and how his narrative interwoven with another view of motherhood (love the mother-son relationship and how they spent their days with both Sora and Nana) and one’s fragility; it adds more enthralling and punchy vignettes to the sisters’ exposition as well as their present conflicts. That pinch of social gaze and domestic commentary were intricately explored giving me a pull towards reality, a lingering reminder that humbled me with both empathy and sympathy.

This can be a decent literary fiction to few but personally, I favoured the marginalised setting and the theme a lot; some parts might feel draggy and that littlest touch on surreal encounters did give a spooky and dreamy hues but overall it was a fairly well-written to me. Love the closing chapter from Nana and how her perspective literalized that I’ll go on until the end. 4 stars to this!

Thank you Pansing Distribution for sending me a copy to review!