Sankara Jayanth S’s Reviews > Some Prefer Nettles > Status Update

I took 2 weeks to finish a 150 page book. 😐 Seems rather set in deeply, my capriciousness with reading. books.

"To conform to a type, to be the captive of a form, means the decadence of an art, it is said sometimes. But what of folk arts like this puppet theatre — have they not become what they are with the help of hard, fixed standards?"

"We can't make a decision between being sad for a little while and being wretched for the rest of our lives. Or rather we've made the decision and have trouble finding the courage to carry it through."

"Kaname felt her hand brush against his neck two or three times, but her touch was as cool and impersonal as a barber's."

The opening chapter of this book quite vividly, with beautiful writing, paints the broken relationship between married couple Kaname and Misako.

I have been reading exclusively from the fantasy and sci-fi genres for a long time and that has some strange effects on me. Or at least, this habit has not helped me through stuff I hoped reading books might help me get through. It may be down to how I was processing these fantasy/sci-fi books, for they too offer emotional depth. But I don't know. Anyway, time for some good old general fiction.