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

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t summon enough praise for this novel. Beautiful, amazing, incredible. Ruth Ozeki is a master storyteller. The scope of this project is vast and interdisciplinary and yet carries the reader so carefully and attentively along the two main characters’ parallel timelines. I feel like I could return to this novel again and again at different times in my life and get something new out of it. Content warning: SAD. I had a good, cathartic full on cry in public on two separate occasions