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Ari Ryn grew up in Southeastern Europe and spent part of his life in Taiwan and Japan. He writes quiet, psychologically driven fiction shaped by cross-cultural experience.

Wonderful Half is his debut novel. He currently lives in Europe with his family.

Average rating: 4.65 · 31 ratings · 21 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors
Wonderful Half

4.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2026 — 3 editions
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“When you're dead, nothing matters anymore. You're just gone. One way or another, you know, everyone ends up as something that needs disposing of.”

Wonderful Half by Ari Ryn is a contemporary YA fiction set in 2000s Japan. It’s Ari’s debut novel, and " Read more of this review »
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"There is a moment in Wonderful Half when Kentaro, thirteen years old and courageously holding his world together, reflects that time is the most expensive resource there is — and then notes, without bitterness, that he has so much of it and it isn't " Read more of this review »
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"A moving story of friendship and the courage to stay


Wonderful Half follows three boys during a Japanese summer, balancing ordinary adventures with the much heavier burdens they carry privately.

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"Wonderful Half by Ari Ryn is an intimate and, at times, gritty story about a trio of teens navigating challenging lives but relying on each other to get through it all, one day at a time. I really enjoyed this book. Spending time with the characters " Read more of this review »
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