Each chapter acts as a semi-contained short story, jumping through time and perspectives to build a larger picture of survival.
Rude, silly, and unapologetically lowbrow. It’s best enjoyed if you don't take it too seriously.
Readers often find it an "emotional rollercoaster" that is as haunting as it is beautiful. Community Perspectives
Challenging, unsettling, and heartbreaking. It features surreal elements like euthanasia amusement parks and a "psychic pig".
Depending on whether you're looking for the cult classic stoner comedy or the hauntingly beautiful debut novel, the experience of "How High" varies wildly.
“I was spinning, dizzy, and lost for a long time, but by the end I had just about gotten my footing enough to recognize a sort of pattern, and was enjoying the beauty of it.” Reddit · r/books · 1 year ago
The chemistry between the leads and a high-energy old-school North American hip-hop soundtrack.
In sharp contrast, Sequoia Nagamatsu’s novel is a deeply emotional, speculative journey through a world ravaged by a global pandemic. Reviewers from the New York Times describe it as a "novel-in-stories" that explores how humanity endures through grief.