Stephanie Scott

Started out slow but won me over. Really quite a beautiful story.

This was eloquence and grace. It may look like a romance, including the title. But this is definitely a legal mystery set in Japan. I love the way it was written. The descriptions floored me every time. I felt like I was floating through a dream while reading this novel. I still feel as though I am living within it. I love the framing, drifting between perspectives. We travel from timeline to timeline and person to person, getting a full account of the events in the book. In total, I loved it.

How do I write a review for a book that is so descriptive and beautiful that it seems to have been an opera whispered?
This story is so meticulous researched that you forget that this a novel; a story of a family and love so masterfully woven you forget the crime.
A stunning debut of the many shades of love & how the best of lies are told nearest to truth.

How do I write a review for a book that is so descriptive and beautiful that it seems to have been an opera whispered?
This story is so meticulous researched that you forget that this a novel; a story of a family and love so masterfully woven you forget the crime.
A stunning debut of the many shades of love & how the best of lies are told nearest to truth.