"A compelling spine-chilling paranormal thriller in which Linda arrives in a Town called ‘Oasis,’ a seemingly sleepy town where nothing is as it appears to be..."~#bookreview
Rather heavier #horror than I usually enjoy, and really, really creepy. Also loved the #sapphic relationship in the book, and the main character being full of sharp edges
Triggers: Insects, parasites, toxic family relationship, racism/colonialism, food-related yuckiness
Etgar Keret talks unpredictability in #fiction on the @fictionable#podcast and we also hear from Lucy Caldwell, Michael Donkor, Adaora Raji and Serena Katt.
Five stars: The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi and Emily Balistrieri (Translator) (2004 / 2022) at it's most basic is a four chapter story of a university student's foray into different clubs. But it's also..."a survival story about a man trapped in a never-ending maze of four-and-a-half-mat tatami rooms and his journey to escape..." (p. 35)