Zulema’s Reviews > A Tale for the Time Being > Status Update

Sad so sad
The chain of events happening to Nao and her family is hard to read. Although there is a lot of ideas from the book that have stayed in my head and got me thinking and got me realizing how little I understand of time ( I would like to read more about it). I am finding it hard to read this part of the book because of how bad things are for nao, it’s almost too much for one character.
I could say more

I like some of the concepts but there’s many things I don’t like.
The whole summer get away arc was pretty cool and it would’ve been a good story if it stayed there but going back to the same place as the beginning and including a 9/11 portion was just so boring.
I don’t know, I’m ready to finish this book to be honest.

Nao’s plotline is very interesting and it keeps incorporating cool ideas and topics.
Ruth’s plotline although not terrible is very much slow and kind of stagnant. This book is essentially a race against time and Ruth is taking too long putting the pieces together.
Although Nao is already far ahead in terms of development. Ruth hasn’t moved much and it’s driving me kind of crazy.

The temple by the sea

Interesting concepts, introspective

So far so sad