Emi Yagi

3.75 stars

This story of a woman who fakes a pregnancy is filled with a lot of really funny observations.

I didn't realize until the end (after reading the ad-copy) that this book was supposedly touching on mental illness; it made a lot more sense after that, but there were still several parts where I wished the reader was given more clarity about what was real and what was delusional.

Note: There's a small amount of profanity, including God's name misused a couple of times.… (mere)

This was such a fascinating read. Emi Yagi is a master of blending reality and the dreams of Shibatas dreams to a point were I found myself questioning wether this pregnancy was real or not quite often.
Her writing style is unite and well, quite. I like to think, that the quiet that you feel when reading this book is representative of the urban alienation and loneliness the protagonist goes through, the subtle way she just seems to fall out of life. And that is real mastery. To feel the way the protagonist does, to have entire worlds of emotions warp around you while reading.

Would definitely recommend and yeah. I liked it.… (mere)