Abinash Elanggumar’s Reviews > Amrita > Status Update

how something as traumatic as grief, memory loss etc., is played like just another event in an eventful life. anyways, great read! might take a yoshimoto break (not for too long, she's great!), but hopefully not a reading break as this is a ha it i want to keep. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

this often pairs really nicely with the magical realism. this didn't move me on such an intense level as kitchen/moonlight shadow, despite the much longer runtime it feels like i didn't connect with the other characters on as profound a level. however sakumi herself was a great protagonist, the mildly disorienting sequencing as she recovered her memory was really cool. there's something whimsical about this story of

thoughts and listening to her react to the mundane and the extraordinary. the afterword says that the book is 'about' how the relentless cycles of daily life, that tick along inspite of whatever amazing events you may experience. and i definitely appreciated that as i was reading, this tendency for the japanese authors that i have read to extrapolate on the mundane moments of life, breathing life into the ordinary.

i like that i've been able to use reading as a means to genuinely escape, don't think about my responsibilities, work etc., just for one hour a day.
now onto the book itself! overall, i really liked it. it is definitely a tier below kitchen/moonlight shadow for me, but still a really pleasant read. i loved following sakumi in her day-to-day life, maybe the prose is too internal (lol) but i enjoyed being with her

(till end) whoops i'm updating this at the end of the day! was running late for class again, as i tried to cram the remaning book into that scheduled reading time i have. listened to 'oscillation circuit - série reflection 1' this time. i'm not some expert on japanese ambience music btw, i just found a playlist lmao -_-. it just really helps for reading, because my mind is easily distracted with my thoughts and such.

- for the first time in my uni career, i got a high out of maths. and as i say this, the sun has come out to shine ... yes. i'm saying all this now, but the book turned sad and melancholic -_-

feel like i'm high or something lmao. hopefully this continues for sometime. yesterday i did impromptu standup, and it was terrible! but it was surprisingly fun, and i wasn't even that nervous. this would never happen normally, but is a sign of the times. for some reason i found joy in an assessed homework sheet that took me ages, but i persevered and got answers to everything. it felt like i accomplished something.

up my morning routine + i'm feeling tired too -_-. we're getting very close to the end, likely to finish this week. ends always excite me, but i will miss reading this as well. it has kept me sane over times of stress. i will also say that for the past two days i have felt weirdly happy and spiritually nourished, i'm not sure if i have inherited something from our protagonist here as he regained her memory. i almost

moving. first yoshio moving to a boarding school, and then junko running away and stealing their savings. that loneliness you experience when you spend a prolonged time with somebody only for them to leave is quite profound. i like how this and kitchen depict family, spend enough time together under the same roof and you become family regardless of blood ties. bit of a short read, annoying ass examples class messing

own way, however, as someone who seems to exist in their thoughts more than the day to day. the book did explore that more in chapter 16, the joy of living. i may revisit that passage in the near future.