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Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

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wizardingwisteria's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I don't even know what to say. That was horrifying but so beautifully written I couldn't look away.

The guy behind the register at the bookstore I bought this from tried to warn me.

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auteaandtales's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don’t think ‘enjoyed’ is really the right word for this. I have a weak stomach so, a lot of the time, I was disgusted and it was a difficult and challenging read.

Saying that, I did enjoy the social commentary about the ‘Factory’ and how our bodies don’t belong to us. I also enjoyed the storytelling via Piyyut and Planet Popinpobopia. Much like I did with Convenience Store Woman, I really related to the main character and I, too, spent my childhood wondering when my ‘real’ family, the aliens, would come and take me back home (although this was told in a much darker way).

I’m sure this will be on my mind for a long time, much in the way Convenience Store Woman was. I would definitely read up on the trigger warnings before diving in, though, even if you don’t usually need them. It’s quite disturbing.

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eliathereader's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Sayaka Murata’nın, Kasiyer kitabını okumuştum öncesinde. Tarzıyla farklı olduğunu direkt gösterebilen yazarlardan. Dünyalılar, sınır tanımayan bir roman bunu baştan belirtmekte fayda var. Ramazan ayına denk getirmem enteresan oldu doğrusu ama başka zaman da okusam aynı ölçüde şaşırırdım. Dünyanın aslında büyük bir fabrika olduğu düşüncesinden ilerliyor. Herkesin belirli bir role sahip olduğu ve en ufak defonun bile hoş görülmediği bir düzenin içinde aykırı tohum olan ana karakterin hayatını okuyoruz. Baskın bir toplum ve kapitalizm eleştirisine sahip ve bunun yanında ruh sağlığı yerinde olmayan bir karakterin gözünden dünyaya bakmak adeta bizi bir uzaylı haline getiriyor. Sert bir roman o yüzden kime tavsiye edebileceğim konusunda kararsızım doğrusu, hassas mideniz varsa hiç bulaşmayın. Daha en başından tuhaflıkların başlamasıyla nereye bağlanacağını asla bilemeyeceğimi anlamıştım ve öyle de oldu. Şaşırmaktan ağzımı açık kaldığı çok fazla kısım vardı. Fabrika’dan kaçış var mı yok mu emin değilim ama kaçış olacaksa da bu şekilde olmasın! Kasiyer’i daha çok sevmiştim doğrusu ama bu kitap aklımdan uzun süre çıkmayacak gibi.

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azlanm's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Don't let the fluffy front cover fool you. This is a deeply harrowing and strange little book.

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laurahopp's review

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challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Wtf did I just read

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mijtje's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

This book is Convenience Store Woman on steroids. The same theme, basically the same protagonist and the same husband. Only this one is totally unhinged.

First quarter: almost DNF’ed because of explicitly described sexual abuse of a child. I firmly believe this should not be in a book. I hate when something like this is described in detail; I don’t need to spend 5 minutes reading about it to know how horrible it is. It is also such a serious theme that it felt inappropriate to read about it in such a weird, almost playful manner. The same goes for the victim shaming later on in the book.

The rest felt like a Grocery Store Woman do-over, but then with an alien instead of a grocery store woman.

And then came the last quarter of the book. THAT was the kind of insane absurdity I was looking for. Redeemed the book a little bit, even got it up to 3 stars, and made it feel very different from The Grocery Woman.

ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS THOUGH. Seriously. This book is easily the weirdest I have ever read.

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doogsley's review

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

shocking, harrowing, and sickening. i loved the simplicity of the writing - i think it added a layer of casual absurdity that edged up the book’s fear factor.

please consult this book’s content warnings before diving in; i had no idea what was lurking in the depths of earthlings.

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