Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
by Mizuki Tsujimura
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura
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Book Description:
A suspenseful magical realism novel about a mysterious teenage “go-between” who arranges meetings between the living and the dead, from multimillion-copy Japanese bestselling author Mizuki Tsujimura.
I bring together the living and the departed. I am the go-between.
When a young woman from Tokyo contacts the go-between to request a meeting with a deceased TV star who once helped her, she doesn’t expect a teenage boy to show up. Dressed in a designer duffel coat and carrying a tattered notebook, Ayumi Shibuya offers an extraordinary service: he reunites the living with their dearly departed. Meeting his clients at a luxury hotel, Ayumi lays down the ground rules: each reunion is a one-time arrangement that the dead can refuse, the service is entirely free, and the meeting must take place during a full moon. As Ayumi arranges these reunions, we encounter a resentful eldest son who wants to ask his mother to unearth the deeds to a plot of land, a teenage girl who blames herself for her best friend’s death, and a weary businessman seeking answers about his fiancée’s disappearance days after he proposed.
My Take:
This book is a small series of interconnected short stories that when it all comes together, the ending is breathtaking.
I started this book knowing that there would be multiple characters and plots. It was great to read each character’s introduction and back story, and then when all the threads wove together in the overarching ending, I just sat there in stunned silence. It was SO well done.
At first I was confused (as intended), but quickly caught on and loved each of the interconnected characters. I cried more than I’d like to admit.
There is so much raw emotion spilled onto each page from the characters, you cannot help but feel their joy, sorrow, jealousy, and more.
The Final Verdict
My rating: 5 stars
Would I recommend? Yes
SUCH an amazing experience. I cannot wait to read the second book.
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