"Suggested in the Stars" by Yoko Tawada

Translated from Japanese into English by Margaret Mitsutani. This is book two in a trilogy that starts with Scattered All Over the Earth. It picks up right where we left off in the first book. The novel is more of the same, so if you didn't like the first book, don't even bother with continuing. I had an amazing reading experience again. Characters from the first book who didn't have their own perspective yet, receive one here. On top of that we get two new characters with their own point of view. More language puzzles, more memory games, more glances at the dystopian world in the background. What's new is that the characters received a lot more depth. Where at first they might feel more like quirky figures, here their histories appear as sunrays between the clouds, slowly, bringing clarity to some of their motives. I still think all of these characters are people with their own collection of flaws, but I feel like I understand why they are who they are. Their complexity as…