A review by giter161
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

5.0

One of the most marvelous short story collections I’ve ever read! Unlike most short story collections Matsuda’s characters show up in one another’s stories sometimes as the narrator themselves or as one line in a news bulletin. I went in to this book expecting creepy ghost stories and had neglected to remember Japanese ghosts are often playful, mischievous creatures. This is most certainly the latter but with a hysterical flair Matsuda not just reimagines the trope of the malevolent female ghost but turns it entirely on its head. Laugh out loud funny, thoughtful and wholly subversive of the characterization of women in most Japanese literature Aoko Matsuda is top of my list of authors to watch for their next book!