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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Devastating and dare I say, in some ways, better than the first one. 

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dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging informative inspiring fast-paced
challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: No
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's so worth it.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It can be read as a collection of short stories, though some of them are connected. It felt a little repetitive, and the commentary on how beauty is seen by society is a little overshadowed by the lack of character development. The afterword by Junji Ito was unnecessary and concerning.

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challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

A stream-of-consciousness work that, as the blurb suggests, challenges the limits of language. Probably very enjoyable for those who are into "vibing with the universe" or new age-y lit. Although at moments it does feel presumptuous (I rolled my eyes more times than I wanted), a lot of inspiration can be drawn from several of these vignettes. Looking forward to reading more works from her, particularly having high hopes for her more structured fiction.