A review by jessica234
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ozeki has a way of crafting stories as if they are perfectly true, and in a way they always are. In this case, there are two intertwining stories. That of a 16 year old girl writing in her diary, and that of Ruth herself, in a sort of meta-psuedo-biographical sort of way. A layered, companionable, devastating coming of age story and a spiritual journey and a science lesson and a historical account, all rolled in to one. 
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