Sputnik Sweetheart

Sputnik Sweetheart

Rating

7.0

The Pequod Review:

Narrated by K. (an ode to Kafka), Sputnik Sweetheart is a short novel that centers on a love triangle between a group of ordinary, insecure, and transitory Japanese individuals. The book starts strong, with memorable female characters and rich scenes of personal relationships, but the plot is airy and cliched, with an unsatisfactory deus ex machina-style resolution.