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roskoff 's review for:
Earthlings
by Sayaka Murata
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Extremely well written but also extremely difficult to read, painful, deeply disturbing, horrifying, near traumatic. I couldn’t put it down, but I felt sick the entire time and afterwards. I’m glad I read it now that I have some distance from it but if you’d have asked me immediately after I finished the book, I’d say I regretted it. But it accomplishes what it sets out to do as a book, which I think is to convey alongside its meanings a feeling of utter distress and discomfort, to force readers into a position like the protagonist’s. It’s a horrible and sickening life and you feel it yourself. So, not an enjoyable reading experience, but a powerful one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting