Queralt✨'s Reviews > Terminal Boredom: Stories

I was intrigued by this collecting the second I noticed it was tagged as sci-fi. Most of the stories have to do with dystopian worlds and space, which was great, but there was this other pervasive topics of fusing consciousness and time not being lineal that would confuse me all the time. I feel that if there had been some sort of explanation or context as to why "time doesn't work", I may have found myself inside the stories, but some of them just had me as a (confused) spectator.

"Women and Women" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" were my favorite ones, 4 stars for them. The rest were just okay for me (I've seen reviews stating "Terminal Boredom" is the strongest story, but I'm not sure I agree. At least, I myself didn't enjoy it too much).

After a quick Google I realized Izumi Suzuki, the author, committed suicide a long time ago. "Terminal Boredom" (the story) did feel like reading about the depression epidemic in Japan, not sure if she was struggling while she wrote it, but the 'feeling' did transpire. She would've been an author to look after, I have to say, I would've loved to read a full-length novel from her.

ARC provided by NetGalley.