Catfish Rolling

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The honour of my first 5-star of the new year goes to Clara Kumagai’s phenomenal debut, that blends magical realism and sci-fi elements into a haunting tale of grief, family, time and the earthquake that shook a nation. I was drawn toward Catfish Rolling due to the amazing cover (the UK variant I find slightly better), and took a dive on a story about a young woman dealing with the long term aftermath of an earthquake so enormous that it broke time itself (which happens in the prologue). My New Year’s resolution this year was to read more Young Adult titles – one that so far has proved far better for my soul than dieting or starting a new exercise regime. trochę wonky napisane i jeszcze ostatnie 2 godziny audiobooka mega mnie nudziły i często się wyłączałam słuchając. In fact everything changed that fateful day when the catfish who dwells beneath the surface grew restless and needed to flounder and roll about, with consequences that altered the very flow of time itself caused by an earthquake so powerful it fractured the very fabric of reality.

Since then, the hardest-hit areas have fractured into zones, each flowing at a different pace of time. Read Catfish Rolling if you like magical realism, literature, and stories that are carried by emotion rather than plot. I’m glad it had a great narrator (Susan Momoko-Hingley), with a somewhat hyponasal voice but a great voice anyway and a nice accent and intonation.The blurb for the book mentioned that this would be a perfect book for fans of Studio Ghibli and I couldn’t agree more. At the heart of the story is Sora, dealing with her life after graduating high school, with her relationship with her father growing more distant in the years since her mother was lost in the shake. There’s a feeling this story gives you that is impossible to explain, and I can already tell I’m doing this wrong. Sora was a well-presented character; however, some of the other characters in the story didn't feel as well fleshed out.

I love the cover of this book, it caught my eye instantly and as soon as I read the blurb I wanted to jump right in.

I know I did a terrible job, but if you like sci-fi or fantasy even a little, I’d recommend you add this book to your TBR. Kumagai is not here to answer your questions; she’s here to trap you in this narrative and keep you so intrigued you can’t escape. Her dad slowly floats away from his mind, forgetting little things like what day it is or when something happen.