This book is extremely dark. I picked it up because of the pretty cover and Japanese setting, but it's mostly depressing. I liked the Zen elements though, since I'm interested in meditation. I skipped the chapters of Ruth's perspective a few times, they weren't as interesting as Nao's.

It's a little slow at the beginning, but then a lot of stuff happens very quickly. I liked it.

It was really exciting in the beginning, but it dragged a little after that. The fight scenes were cool, very fast paced.

This book is mostly how people started non-profit organizations, which is lovely, but I would prefer if it was more achievable acts of kindness I could do too. The design/layout of the pages is neat. I like how they are all unique.

This book is funny, especially if you've played Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion. I like seeing Agent 8 and friends do the tests together.

I like the Minecraft gameplay references, like "Why have I been carrying an oak sapling around?" and "I forgot a bed. Anyone have 3 wool?" The art style is cute and funny too.

It's fun to watch Komi get better - slowly - at communicating.

It's fun to watch Komi and Tadano's relationship grow!

This book had interesting and encouraging things to say about meditation. Only thing was: it was a "28 day program," which just made me feel bad about not completing the weeks. Sharon assigned 20 minute sessions to start, which is longer than I'd meditated before. It was hard to keep it consistent. I preferred Dan Harris's books, where he encourages people to start with 5 or 10 minutes.

I liked it because the main characters were lesbian, but the politics were boring. It did seem like a "first book".