This novella most impressed me in how it snuck up on me. The first half was a bit slower as I learned about and immersed into the world, so I was surprised how quickly things shifted and I realized how invested I was in Rabbit and In-yo and their spirits of perseverance. I really love the baseline, sort of archaeological, concept of how material things can be used to piece together stories. There was so much reverence in the quiet sorting through of a past, and it was brilliant how the same seemingly random objects introduced to start each chapter held completely different significance by the end of it. There's definitely mental effort required to this one though; it isn't an "easy" read because so much is left between the lines for the reader to piece together themselves, and I found that the payoff was really worthwhile and satisfying. That said, I don't feel extraordinarily drawn to continuing the series as I understand it to be more episodic and I'm not particularly drawn to Chih.