Arc Review Courtesy of Netgalley
A collection of surreal and strange short stories that focus on the experiences of women. Some of the stories were really interesting and weird, my favourites being ‘Returning’, ‘Office Hours’, and ‘Peking Duck’. However, I did find that a lot of them started off really strong but had very abrupt endings and felt incomplete. While I enjoyed these mostly I can’t ignore the very glaring issue of their endings just not working at all and bringing the whole story down with it. This was pretty disappointing because I would have really enjoyed this collection more without that. Overall, I still enjoyed it and my favourite stories helped to bring the rating up. I hope to read more from Ling Ma in the future but for now this is a solid 3.5 stars (bumped up to 4 on some platforms).