as soon as i saw this title and blurb i was intrigued. and wow what a brilliant and complex world we get delivered into. i love how these books are ones that weave things over each other, through each other and through each other so all the pieces fit so well together. it leaves you with questions but not so much that you feel confused. and its the big atmosphere surrounding the plot that really draws you in.
we have two woman who accidentally swap each other coats one day in a store. this starts of a connection that becomes way weirder than the swapping of the same looking coats could be. as Laura's and Naoimi's first encounter becomes something more, something deeper and uncertain. for Naomi is becoming more and more obsessed with Laura even becoming her.
then there is the story running and being told alongside this. that is a narrator who has the job of a transcriber for other peoples stories. but one day something hits home in one of the recordings they is Ghostwriting. and suddenly it all falls apart.
there is so much in the feeling of reading this book. and its one of those that is fascinating and compelling to read. that you understand and then want to know more. that you also feel sometimes just on the edge of or like it playing out in a different colour in a different kind of world. even like they are just the two stories spinning around in their own world. its really hard to get a handle on how to review it. its one of those, and they are unique and i love it when i come across them. as they arent always done so well. this one is done well. sometimes you feel you like it and sometime it can feel weirdly unnerving.
its definitely one that gets to the Psychological of it all and had me thinking throughout.
that feeling of loneliness,drifting and the like feels like its somehow upon you are the reader. there is also that sense of child or something creeping up on you too.
this book keeps you on its own edge. one its plonked you on. and you dont leave that throughout the whole read.
a really great read. one that certainly got my noggin and spidy sense tingling.

This is a surreal, atmospheric thriller about women who start to blur at the edges, both literally and metaphorically until you can’t tell who’s becoming whom.

While I was reading this book I had to stop multiple times and just think. I loved the experience of reading it slowly, with no pressure or a rush to get to the end. It is very short, but you need to read it mindfully. The premise itself is captivating enough, but the characters and the way they are presented is something I’ve never read before. I absolutely love translated fiction, and being that weird was just the thing for me.
I really can’t explain anything about this book, it’s an experience. It was like a story from another dimension, so fever dreamy and even sinister at times. There are aspects that are really mind boggling. The parts with the women’s tapes are confusing but after a while, I got use to their narrative and it got easier to recognizing them. Just be aware that there are no quotation marks for the conversations. We have a first person narration and a third person narration, this also may be confusing, but it’s so masterfully crafted that it added so much to the way the story was progressing. I also loved the movie elements in it. The whole book reminded me of a black and white art house film. And the way it ends, my lord. I want to re-read it so much now. It’s not a book you can read once and forget about it. One of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Scribe UK for providing me with the ARC.