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(3.80/5)The premise of this book is one woman, Yellow Cardigan Woman, talking about another woman, Purple Skirt Woman, who she sees about town.
The story unfolds from there, or maybe I should liken it to peeling back layers of an onion. This story did not go the direction I expected given the narration at the beginning, and I feel like it was a nice surprise in a way. I really don't want to say more to avoid spoiling it, but essentially if you enjoy character studies and unreliable narrators this is a
I find it very hard to write a review of this book without spoiling anything or writing my own interpretation of it, but one thing is for sure: I loved it.
There's a woman with a purple skirt in the narrator's neighbourhood, and it seems that she's something of a local character, although not much is known about her. The narrator (also a woman) has taken an interest in her, and watches her from afar.
Much of the book is very mundane, everyday stuff, but there is always a slight sense of unease
Fun combination of normalcy and weirdness
Lots of this book is centred around very normal day to day life. Shopping, sitting in the park, working, etc.
However, this is never quite 100% normal, for one, we are largely viewing story through the eyes of an unreliable narrator.
This kept me hooked throughout, and especially in the second half of the book, I felt like the tension was really nicely built up as more and more was revealed.
In terms of language, it felt very approachable. Most situations are relatively grounded, and Imamur