whimsically depressing but very stunning. 

really took my time reading this as the epistolary? diary? structure was important. i really wanted to get the same experience as Ruth as she slowly reads through Nao’s washed up journal. 

it’s atmospherically rich and lately i’ve been so fascinated with presence of time, and the coincidental interweaving of life and memory. 

tension is held taught throughout the whole story from anticipation of Nao’s story, Ruth and Oliver’s relationship with each other and the island, and the convergence of all the stories. 

ive started this book in the past but quickly registered that it was a book that i wouldn’t have appreciated in that time. but nowww it really resonated and i am grateful to have found it again.