I don’t remember the last time a book made me actually laugh, smile, and cry over its course. It’s not only a beautiful and hopeful story, but it’s also METICULOUSLY researched. A little something for everyone, especially the existential, hopeful, and maybe a little history nerdy among us.
A lot of people either adore or despise this book but I think imagining its setting as a world akin to something Hayao Miyazaki would cook up is what fully unlocked its potential for me and allowed me to appreciate all the incredible humor and devastating sadness it had to offer
