I picked up A Tale for the Time Being because it was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. I had never read Ruth Ozeki before and I figured there’s no time like now.
I read this book on the flight back to San Fran and I have to say it wasn’t the best time to be reading this book. It’s not a super-fast moving book. At least it wasn’t for me.
But I really did like it.
Especially once the twisting part started.
The problem is, there is a lot of sadness in this book. Some terrible things happen. And I’ve sworn off reading books where terrible things happen. So this was a challenge for me.
Great timing! I’ve been assigned this book to read for a class I’m taking so it was interesting to see your thoughts. (And now I’m trying to think of the last book I read where nothing terrible happened . . . nope. Can’t think of one, excluding some children’s lit.)