rnbhargava 's review for:

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book has it all. Compelling characters, well thought out psychology that’s informed by their past and present day. The dynamic between Rika and Kaiji is so well done. Also incredibly well done is the fleshing out of all the other supporting characters. Honestly, just read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism