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headliner's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Menurutku cover buku ini unik karena menampilkan sosok perempuan yang lagi ngintip dengan balutan cardigan kuning. Aku juga baru sadar setelah selesai baca dan lagi buat draft review, lalu penasaran: kenapa bukan perempuan rok ungu yang dijadikan cover?
Well, meskipun begitu aku ngerasa pilihan covernya adalah hal yang tepat dan sama uniknya. Kenyataannya perempuan cardigan kuning ini jadi tokoh yang nyeritain segala hal tentang perempuan rok ungu. By the way, mereka punya nama asli kok. No worries!
Perempuan rok ungu digambarkan sebagai sosok yang aneh dan kerap jadi perbincangan di kota tempat tinggalnya. Bahkan sampai mendapat perlakuan khusus. Sementara, perempuan cardigan kuning ini digambarkan sebagai tokoh yang penasaran banget dengan kehidupan rok ungu. Berulang kali berusaha kenal lebih dekat sama dia, tapi jatuhnya kayak stalker yang too obsessed dan bikin risih. Long short story, mereka akhirnya bekerja di tempat yang sama, dan beragam konflik dihadirkan meramaikan cerita buku ini.
Selepas baca Perempuan Rok Ungu aku jadi dapetin insight tentang gimana kehidupan pekerjaan di Jepang. To make it specified, pekerjaan dalam lingkup perhotelan. Setiap pekerjaan dan kantor tentu ada struggle tersendiri dan di hotel tempat mereka bekerja juga punya struggle yang juga perlu dihadapi.
Kalau ditanya gimana perasaanku setelah berhasil namatin ini aku akan jawab dengan jujur: aneh, bingung, dan gak jelas. Aku ngerasa begitu karena udah dibikin risih sendiri dengan tindakan stalking yang dilakuin cardigan kuning. Still, buku ini dapat menjadi selingan dan dibaca sekali duduk!
Well, meskipun begitu aku ngerasa pilihan covernya adalah hal yang tepat dan sama uniknya. Kenyataannya perempuan cardigan kuning ini jadi tokoh yang nyeritain segala hal tentang perempuan rok ungu. By the way, mereka punya nama asli kok. No worries!
Perempuan rok ungu digambarkan sebagai sosok yang aneh dan kerap jadi perbincangan di kota tempat tinggalnya. Bahkan sampai mendapat perlakuan khusus. Sementara, perempuan cardigan kuning ini digambarkan sebagai tokoh yang penasaran banget dengan kehidupan rok ungu. Berulang kali berusaha kenal lebih dekat sama dia, tapi jatuhnya kayak stalker yang too obsessed dan bikin risih. Long short story, mereka akhirnya bekerja di tempat yang sama, dan beragam konflik dihadirkan meramaikan cerita buku ini.
Selepas baca Perempuan Rok Ungu aku jadi dapetin insight tentang gimana kehidupan pekerjaan di Jepang. To make it specified, pekerjaan dalam lingkup perhotelan. Setiap pekerjaan dan kantor tentu ada struggle tersendiri dan di hotel tempat mereka bekerja juga punya struggle yang juga perlu dihadapi.
Kalau ditanya gimana perasaanku setelah berhasil namatin ini aku akan jawab dengan jujur: aneh, bingung, dan gak jelas. Aku ngerasa begitu karena udah dibikin risih sendiri dengan tindakan stalking yang dilakuin cardigan kuning. Still, buku ini dapat menjadi selingan dan dibaca sekali duduk!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Sexual harassment
chrisljm's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This is what I imagine stans to be like if instead of being fans of celebrities they were just really into regular people.
A unique book and narration but not very exciting. Overall mundane with the most stirring element of the story being how delulu the narrator is.
A unique book and narration but not very exciting. Overall mundane with the most stirring element of the story being how delulu the narrator is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Bullying, and Infidelity
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
ivulikkivulik's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol
arieslofi's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Infidelity
keisyreads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s interesting that what we are reading is not a narrator who is simply like a “fly” on the wall but an actual person who is telling the reader what is happening… because she’s stalking the woman in the purple skirt. The narrative style is one of my favorite things about this book. The narrator does these things for the Woman in the Purple Skirt to feel important and be seen. So much so, she is determined to become the Woman in the Purple Skirt’s friends. She records every single one of her moves. A part of ending was open ended and left me with so many questions; the other part of the ending was satisfying especially after following the narrator throughout the whole book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Bullying
Minor: Infidelity
kaicedcoffee's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
SUCH a fun read that only took me about an hour to get through. The prose is direct but enticing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
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? No
4.5
a quick, gripping, weird and chillingly entertaining read.
i loved the simplicity and thrill of the story and narration. also liked that it was written from the stalker's perspective, so whenever someone addressed the narrator, it felt weird in a way, like breaking the fourth wall.
overall, strong and powerful and easy to get through due to masterful yet minimalistic language.
a story so simple, however, that the re-readability factor is rather low.
i loved the simplicity and thrill of the story and narration. also liked that it was written from the stalker's perspective, so whenever someone addressed the narrator, it felt weird in a way, like breaking the fourth wall.
overall, strong and powerful and easy to get through due to masterful yet minimalistic language.
a story so simple, however, that the re-readability factor is rather low.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Bullying
petal's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Sexual harassment
ritapisk's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
what a strange little book. it could've gone in a lot of different directions, but it didn't - which was slightly disappointing as I was expecting it to be more dark and twisted.
mostly a story about obsession, japanese work culture, the treatment of women, and the desire to be seen, which is exactly what you would think this would be about. it was good, and I didn't struggle at all to finish it as it was captivating enough. just..... fell a little flat for me.
mostly a story about obsession, japanese work culture, the treatment of women, and the desire to be seen, which is exactly what you would think this would be about. it was good, and I didn't struggle at all to finish it as it was captivating enough. just..... fell a little flat for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Death
thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Woman in the Purple Skirt intrigues The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan so much so she follows her every move, and silently helps her get a job at the hotel where she works. The woman in the purple skirt attracts the attention of her boss as she does well in her job training, and eventually starts a chain of events that gets everyone talking.
This was a cute little quick translated read. I felt like this novel didn't quite hit the spot in the end, but could have been part of an ongoing series of stories.
As quickly as I started to like the Woman in the Purple Skirt, her downfall was just as quick and, dare I say, enjoyable to watch.
The unresolved issues I have with this story is mostly all with the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. I wanted to know her story, just everything about her. And I definitely wanted to know what happened to Hino, where did she go with what was in the locker.
This was a cute little quick translated read. I felt like this novel didn't quite hit the spot in the end, but could have been part of an ongoing series of stories.
As quickly as I started to like the Woman in the Purple Skirt, her downfall was just as quick and, dare I say, enjoyable to watch.
The unresolved issues I have with this story is mostly all with the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. I wanted to know her story, just everything about her. And I definitely wanted to know what happened to Hino, where did she go with what was in the locker.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Minor: Alcohol and Sexual harassment
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