Reviews

Out by Natsuo Kirino

sad_bee's review

5.0

uteslesi

bobit1313's review

challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

kleera's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sayarik's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The ending ruined it for me. I’ve always liked dark books, but this book triggered me bad. 

jlmcclean's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sloshyoshy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and stories it told. The characters were believable and well rounded, the tension was palpable and the author did a fine job of conveying the depressing atmosphere of working class Tokyo women.

The

rape in the climax

felt pornographic - like the author was deriving pleasure from it, and inviting you to do so too - and that made me a little uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

minnavia's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

mcalanise's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

vvega's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

sp4c3vi113's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A

5.0