RaveLibrary Journal\"The building unease of the plot is offset by the back and forth between Emi’s text and Alexis’s footnotes, which add humor even as they cast doubt on events. Readers are left unsure what to trust, as the novel questions if true, accurate translation is possible and what is lost along the way ... a metatextual feast that will keep readers wondering even after the book concludes.\
Kelly Barnhill
PositiveLibrary JournalThe novella is inspired by the folktale of the crane wife but what at first seems like a straightforward gender swap evolves to explore the boundaries between love and obligation. Readers are likely to grasp the sympathetic narrator’s situation much earlier than she does ... The plot is sometimes slow-moving as readers wait for the narrator to catch up, but it arrives at a thought-provoking conclusion.
