A review by moonbites
The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura

4.0

"I didn't care whether it was boring or interesting work. I think I'd be fine as long as I could just edge toward the prospect of letting go, with the possibility of escaping my depressive tendencies." pg 50

Man, this was both depressing and hopeful. As exemplified in the quote above and below.

"I am alive! Against all of your expectations! I have no intention of obeying you. With my own hands, I will defeat whatever obstacles you throw at me." pg 115

It's one of those stream of consciousness books that are a hit or miss. I happened to really enjoy this. It was short enough that I think the stream of conscious writing style wasn't overly tedious or annoying. It was a very gloomy read for the majority of it. I think you need to be in the right head space when you give it a go.