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orizenda's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
4.5
This review may contain spoilers? I’m just going to kind of say what I think the point of this book is, because I’m not sure I fully get it. But I’m trying to make sense of it. To me it seems like a commentary on how we treat other people. In all kinds of ways. Frank is a foreigner-the word gaijin comes up a lot, i’m not sure if something is lost on me here as a stupid american- a foreigner in just about every way possible. He’s a foreigner in Japan, obviously, he makes himself unknown to those around him through the lies he tells, if we’re to believe his backstory, he was an outsider to his family and shunned from his hometown. He even became a foreigner to his own body (if we believe his story, which, as we get it through Kenji, he believes it anyway). I’m not entirely sure what to make of the graphic violence or a myriad of other things. I don’t want to take up too much space here though, and I fear I already have.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, Gore, Vomit, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Self harm
Minor: Death of parent
j_yarbrough's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
edogqwa's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, and Murder
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