Anekdotenhafte Erzählweise, die an Tagebucheinträge oder Briefe erinnert oder eben wie ein langes einseitiges Gespräch mit Mascha. Sehr viel Liebe, aber auch viel Leid und Kummer in poetische Worte verpackt. Mir war es zum Schluss zu abgehakt als fehlten Kapitel.

I am here for the brothers, Hex and Iris. The plot could be better and lets be honest less eurocentric but I enjoyed the banter very much. I wish we could have seen more about Halloween. Hopefully Coal&Hex will be mentioned in the next book.

It feels like a childrens book. Dont know if it would be possible to use less facts to describe Kusamas life. If you like the artwork and aesthetics, pick it up. If you are interested in the life of Kusama, avoid it.

The pacing was off. There are too many pages where absolutely nothing happens to squeeze it in in the last 100 pages. With 50 pages or tbh 100 pages less I would have rated it higher. Most of the characters are cute with some exceptions like Christopher who was just there to have a villain. She could have struggled with the responsibility of the bookstore without him.

Loved the different female characters and the take on classism and misogyny. I was afraid that the timejumps would be confusing but I could follow along easily. Its slow paces but captivating.

Cozy and cute with lovely characters. Loved the knitting theme and Gerties mum.

Cute but the characters were missing depth and the story was a little superficial and forgettable.