This is first person done exceptionally well, in my opinion. Usually one tense takes precedence, but I felt it flowed evenly between the two and I would love to hear your thoughts on this.Įxcerpt from page 5, which is the first paragraph after the prologue. Luce has the story very well balanced between past and present tense. The book is written in the first person POV. Luce weaves some Japanese words into the story and it’s a beautiful treat.
When I can learn through fiction, that’s always a joy. For example there is talk of a pilgrimage around twelve temples…and that is real, which gives me something to research and learn about. Part of the appeal for me is deciphering what is real and what is for the story, especially in a culture different from what I know. She must return to Japan for her father’s funeral and it’s through this that we learn about the past and she learns about herself.įun fact: my first Book of the Month book. She served the time (noticing a theme in my first two picks in my new blog direction) and is now married with a child herself. The first page is a prologue disguised as an excerpt from a news magazine and it covers the murder). Pull Me Under is about a lady ( hafu – half Japanese, half American – bonus, learned a new word) who killed a classmate when she was younger and living in Japan (No worries, I’m not giving anything away. Genre: Literary with a soft mystery bent as to why things happened
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