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At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano
4.75

This book started off a bit slow for me but I ended up loving it so much. I definitely don’t regret picking up  the audiobook halfway because the narrator was brilliant. 

I just wished there was a second book or that we got a bit more closure at the ending because now I have so many questions! Like what would become of Yoko and Makino now? And what about Sanayi? And Jalilah too. Also did Yoko bring up the topic of her last conversation with her dad to her mum? And would she end up quitting her new job to move back to Tokyo with Makino now Or would it be the other way around?

There’s just so many questions I need answered yet I think the way the author ended it is what ties the whole book together. I loved the way the book was written and it was really interesting to learn about what happened to Yoko’s mum as a child just after watching Oppenheimer. 

Overall, I’m very satisfied with the book but at the same time, I just can’t help but feel like I need more!