Hi everyone
Revenge is a collection of Yoko Ogawa's shortstories, they are interconnected and centered around revenge (obviously). I read this on my e-reader.
"Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from Yoko Ogawa.
An
aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her
landlady has murdered her husband. Years later, the writer’s stepson
reflects upon his stepmother and the strange stories she used to tell
him. Meanwhile, a surgeon’s lover vows to kill him if he does not leave
his wife. Before she can follow-through on her crime of passion, though,
the surgeon will cross paths with another remarkable woman, a cabaret
singer whose heart beats delicately outside of her body. But when the
surgeon promises to repair her condition, he sparks the jealousy of
another man who would like to preserve the heart in a custom tailored
bag. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent
bystanders—their fates converge in a darkly beautiful web that they are
each powerless to escape."
I thought this to be really mediocre. Nothing stood out, most stories were forgettable and left no impression on me.
The little moments you see a connection between the stories are a little boost in how I felt about the book.
Happy reading!
Helena
