What's Left of Me Is Yours (Scott) - Book Reviews

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[A]n extraordinary window onto [Japanese] culture.… Each chapter of this enrapturing novel is elegantly brief and charged with barely contained emotion. Yet Scott’s subject remains vast: the idea that the law itself does not protect the innocent, and "that what matters most is knowledge—of ourselves and others,"
New York Times Book Review


Mesmerizing
Los Angeles Times


Fascinating.… [scott] braids her different characters' timelines together with sophistication, her storytelling harmoniously well-constructed. The big questions over whether it's better to lie or to tell a difficult truth, and what might constitute a betrayal, are layered across generations and decades and there is strength in the subtlety with which Scott slowly unpacks them.
Guardian (UK)


Scott deftly spins a web through modern day Tokyo in this captivating dual-perspective rendering of a young woman determined to find out the truth behind her mother's murder.
Newsweek


Sumiko works to resolve the mystery of her mother’s murder… bringing her closer to understanding the blurred line that exists between love and hate. Byzantine subplots, distinctive characters, and atmospheric settings will leave readers spellbound.
Publishers Weekly


Scott poignantly evokes both a mother trapped by the choices made for her and a daughter learning to deal with her own precarious freedom.… [W]ith carefully accumulated details [she] describes a Japan… teetering on the edge of change.
Booklist


The book proceeds slowly… perhaps not adding enough new information to maintain the level of interest set by the sensational details in the first pages. An unusual and stylish story of love and murder—less a mystery than a study of emotions and cultural mores.
Kirkus Reviews