This was an interesting book, perhaps a bit too clever for its own good. Having just finished another book with a very similar framing narrative (Homegoing), I can say it’s not always distracting to do the whole “each subsequent chapter is based on something/someone from the prior chapter” thing. That being said, what you need to retain from chapter to chapter is a sense of emotional resonance to string together what are otherwise rather disparate short stories-ish. This book also, perhaps obviously, made me think […]