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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Did I miss the point?
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Denne boken har pokker meg årets TREIGESTE start, og får også minus for at jeg følte meg litt villedet av oppsummeringen bak boken - jeg trodde vi skulle lese en bok om en kvinnelig seriemorder og liksom deep dive i hennes indre, men i stedet kaster vi bort de første hundre sidene på fatshaming og å beskrive smaken av smør. Er ikke veldig fan av at hovedpersonen er like høy som meg og blir kalt TJUKK når vekten hennes går opp, særlig når hun fortsatt veier mindre enn meg.
Synes likevel boken tok seg opp når fokus endelig kom tilbake på Kajii (morder) og vi får vite mer om hva som har skjedd og hvorfor hun er som hun er. Det er jo også spennende å lese en bok som handler såpass mye om ukultur ved arbeidslivet i Japan og de skyhøye standardene som kvinner må deale med, og hele konseptet med voksne menn som fakker med K-pop og sånn blir jeg ikke klok på.
Synes likevel boken tok seg opp når fokus endelig kom tilbake på Kajii (morder) og vi får vite mer om hva som har skjedd og hvorfor hun er som hun er. Det er jo også spennende å lese en bok som handler såpass mye om ukultur ved arbeidslivet i Japan og de skyhøye standardene som kvinner må deale med, og hele konseptet med voksne menn som fakker med K-pop og sånn blir jeg ikke klok på.
slow-paced
a girl saw me reading this in public and told me she gave up on it, she's real for that
- this book has nothing to do with food and m*rder and everything to do with policing women's bodies
- MC mentions gaining soooooo much weight and people treating her differently bc of it and then mentions her heaviest being 59kg ...... right
- absolutely no need to be 450+ pages
- casual pedophilia mentioned ??
- and no you never find out if she actually did it
adventurous
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Slow and introspective, I enjoyed the journey but felt it was a little longer than needed. Loved all the food descriptions and the character’s musing on Japanese society and women’s place in it. Really interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had different expectations for this book to be honest. I thought it would have more suspense than it did. It was very discriptive about everything, but especially the food. So much so that I felt lost myltiple times where the story was.
Nevertheless, I did enjoy this book. The themes of misogony, gender roles and womens hapiness in marriage were very interesting and made me think about these themes even more.
I liked how Rika discovered more of herself and how she wanted to be while working with Kaji. It was nice to see her choosing herself and becoming more confident in herself.
The butter aspect came up a lot in this book. Even in more ways than I expected, which I thought was smart and a nice choice.
I liked Reiko more and more when the story progressed. I liked how we also got to have a few chapters through her POV. Love for her that she eventually choose to go to couples therapy and shed the sociatal expectations of how a marriage should be and do what works for them.
During the interactions between Kaji and Rika, I started to guess more and more what Kaji's motives were for hating women with such a passion. I guessed rifht, as it was loneliness at its core and she expressed that very gorely. I also was thinking maybe Kaji had some traits of autism and narcism. As Kaji was not able to have female friends and have regular interactions with other people. A lot of people thought of her as weird and odd. That would make a lot of sense why she had these diffulties. And her narcicism shone through when she felt like she was superior to men because they are babies in her eyes and to women because they have to accept to obey a man according to her.
And was there a secret wlw aspect between Rika and Reiko? Rika mentioned that a lot of girls had a crush on her during middle school, because there were no boys in school and she was the closest thing to it. But Reiko also had a crush on her in the past, but still was mentioning something along the lines like, if only you were a man. So I think that Reiko is at least bi because she still has those feelings towards Rika even if she didn't express them.
In the audiobook version this book is a lot more enjoyable than in the written version. I tried that first, but I got bored so fast. So I switched to the audiobook and that was a lot better.
Nevertheless, I did enjoy this book. The themes of misogony, gender roles and womens hapiness in marriage were very interesting and made me think about these themes even more.
I liked how Rika discovered more of herself and how she wanted to be while working with Kaji. It was nice to see her choosing herself and becoming more confident in herself.
The butter aspect came up a lot in this book. Even in more ways than I expected, which I thought was smart and a nice choice.
I liked Reiko more and more when the story progressed. I liked how we also got to have a few chapters through her POV. Love for her that she eventually choose to go to couples therapy and shed the sociatal expectations of how a marriage should be and do what works for them.
During the interactions between Kaji and Rika, I started to guess more and more what Kaji's motives were for hating women with such a passion. I guessed rifht, as it was loneliness at its core and she expressed that very gorely. I also was thinking maybe Kaji had some traits of autism and narcism. As Kaji was not able to have female friends and have regular interactions with other people. A lot of people thought of her as weird and odd. That would make a lot of sense why she had these diffulties. And her narcicism shone through when she felt like she was superior to men because they are babies in her eyes and to women because they have to accept to obey a man according to her.
And was there a secret wlw aspect between Rika and Reiko? Rika mentioned that a lot of girls had a crush on her during middle school, because there were no boys in school and she was the closest thing to it. But Reiko also had a crush on her in the past, but still was mentioning something along the lines like, if only you were a man. So I think that Reiko is at least bi because she still has those feelings towards Rika even if she didn't express them.
In the audiobook version this book is a lot more enjoyable than in the written version. I tried that first, but I got bored so fast. So I switched to the audiobook and that was a lot better.
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character