Taylor Drew reviewed Harlequin Butterfly by David Boyd
Compelling ideas, but too short
3 stars
I decided to read this book because the synopsis made it seem like it would be really relevant to translators and other types of wordsmiths. While that assumption wasn't wrong, I think that the length of the work left me feeling a bit unsatisfied with the philosophical concepts that were being explored in the story.
I don't think that stories necessarily need to provide explicit answers and many excellent stories that I love don't, but this one just felt too short to even give me enough time to begin to chew on what I was reading and contemplate the characters and their actions.
Might try to read some of this authors other work in Japanese, since I don't think anything else is published in English, to get a better grip on the author.
I decided to read this book because the synopsis made it seem like it would be really relevant to translators and other types of wordsmiths. While that assumption wasn't wrong, I think that the length of the work left me feeling a bit unsatisfied with the philosophical concepts that were being explored in the story.
I don't think that stories necessarily need to provide explicit answers and many excellent stories that I love don't, but this one just felt too short to even give me enough time to begin to chew on what I was reading and contemplate the characters and their actions.
Might try to read some of this authors other work in Japanese, since I don't think anything else is published in English, to get a better grip on the author.
