The book is 24 hours long and I decided to quit about 4 hours in. I just found that I did not care much for what was going on, although the mother’s backstory had just started and seemed mildly interesting.
Why didn’t I like it?
1) it’s an anime for kids in book form. I tend to lean more toward adult-style fantasy
2) sooo wordy! Units of time and measurement in Japanese that are not explained, at least 4 hours in. Why??
3) after 4 hours I did not feel like I NEEDED to see what happens. It just wasn’t compelling to me. Also, there was not a lot of action. But a lot of words lol
The narrator did a fine job with what he had to work with. Well done