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![新世界より [Shinsekai Yori] by Yusuke Kishi](https://cdn.thestorygraph.com/84gv0ykuk1vgl6hjtdw3m2x1qx5s)
4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
Started 4/15/2024, on hold as of 4/20/2024
I've lost the momentum and motivation to read this at the moment, probably because I started it while rewatching the anime and am feeling overwhelmed. Since I'm at a good stopping place, I'm gonna shelve this for now and hopefully pick it up again soon.
I've lost the momentum and motivation to read this at the moment, probably because I started it while rewatching the anime and am feeling overwhelmed. Since I'm at a good stopping place, I'm gonna shelve this for now and hopefully pick it up again soon.
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
watched the anime first but basically 👁️👄👁️ 🤯 OTL
anyways
anyways
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I would like to give this 5 stars, but I'm docking points for the sexual content. It thankfully reads more like matter-of-fact acknowledgement that events occurred rather than erotica, but I would have preferred less detail. The in-story justification didn't make me comfortable with age of the characters in certain scenes. I choose to interpret it as one more example by this book of humanity's depravity. I did know I was in for some degree of physical intimacy from having watched the adaptation, but I hadn't realized the anime toned it down.
Other than that, this is a magnificent story. I watched the anime years ago and it's always stuck with me. I was happy to see a fully translated version of the source material that allowed me to read all the details that the adaptation didn't have time to cover. The world is eerie yet beautiful, and the society, while secretly repulsive, deals with threats large enough for you to understand how they might have come to feel their actions are necessary. Knowing the major twists made it easier to spot the setup. I maintain my opinion that the author has an overly negative view of humanity, but a society erected by those who view humanity negatively isn't an unbelievable one.
I love these characters. It's enthralling to watch the children's attempts to make sense of the world around them, particularly in a society where it's taboo to question things and they feel unsafe around those who should be their guardians, and where most of their peers are trained to not think as freely as they do. I'm sorry to say that even knowing which of them were ill-fated, I was unable to harden my heart in anticipation. I'll need some time to recover from having experienced their tragedies anew.
Other than that, this is a magnificent story. I watched the anime years ago and it's always stuck with me. I was happy to see a fully translated version of the source material that allowed me to read all the details that the adaptation didn't have time to cover. The world is eerie yet beautiful, and the society, while secretly repulsive, deals with threats large enough for you to understand how they might have come to feel their actions are necessary. Knowing the major twists made it easier to spot the setup. I maintain my opinion that the author has an overly negative view of humanity, but a society erected by those who view humanity negatively isn't an unbelievable one.
I love these characters. It's enthralling to watch the children's attempts to make sense of the world around them, particularly in a society where it's taboo to question things and they feel unsafe around those who should be their guardians, and where most of their peers are trained to not think as freely as they do. I'm sorry to say that even knowing which of them were ill-fated, I was unable to harden my heart in anticipation. I'll need some time to recover from having experienced their tragedies anew.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content
This was the MOST amazing thing i've ever read in my life!
I cant believe this book has such few reqders, even tho it was to be expected due to the language, i cant believe no one takes the effort of translating this masterpiece!
All i can say, is this book, makes you die to know the next page!
It's a legend!
I cant believe this book has such few reqders, even tho it was to be expected due to the language, i cant believe no one takes the effort of translating this masterpiece!
All i can say, is this book, makes you die to know the next page!
It's a legend!
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
One of the few fictions I've read that pushes Freud's Civilisation and its Discontents to its extreme. A cynical take on the risk management of both individual and collective desire. The individual reduced to a bureaucrat, the collective reduced to a museum display.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief
Minor: Animal death, Rape