Karen Chiang

I found myself wanting to get to the end, to know how Josie's story goes and whether she has a happy ending. So I suppose the book was successful in making readers invested in the characters. But there are a lot of unexplained context which I found disorienting. Such as the Sun, being lifted, slow fade, seeing the world through boxes. Resistance and guns? Perhaps the details are meant to be blurry as a literal illustration device. Nonetheless it was an enjoyable read that leaves a feeling lingering in your heart.

“How can you get very far,
If you don't know Who You Are?
How can you do what you ought, If you don't know What You've Got?
And if you don't know Which To Do Of all the things in front of you,
Then what you'll have when you are through Is just a mess without a clue
Of all the best that can come true
If you know What and Which and Who.”

A charming book that made me smile and chuckle. Easily one of my favourite books - for both getting to know Pooh and the Way.