A review by jenhurst
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness

2.0

I really like Patrick Ness and how different all of his novels are. If you don’t like one there’s a good chance you’ll like another. This is one that unfortunately did not work for me. His writing was as good as always but literary fiction does not really work for me usually. This is one example of this. I liked the retelling aspect of a Japanese folktale and it felt very fresh. But it felt very on the nose and I was just left feeling what was the point of all of this? I’ve read enough about the friend zone and “nice guys” and this didn’t add anything to the conversation for me.
I’m sure that some people will like this, especially if they like literary fiction but it just didn’t work for me.