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A review by peripetia
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
"Bizarre" and "what did I just read" are probably the most used phrases for describing this book, so I went in expecting something super strange. However, "what I just read" was child abuse.
The end.
This book is about child abuse and the many forms it takes. This is not bizarre, it's about child abuse.
Everything in this book makes perfect sense. Yes it escalates into very weird situations, but even then, it did still make sense, at least for me.
This book interrogates, first of all, child abuse as well as rules and norms of society and the upset that happens when people don't conform to them. I enjoyed this critical exploration, even when it was quite on the nose.
I think this is a well-written book about child abuse. This was a solid 4 stars for me.
The end.
This book is about child abuse and the many forms it takes. This is not bizarre, it's about child abuse.
Everything in this book makes perfect sense. Yes it escalates into very weird situations, but even then, it did still make sense, at least for me.
This book interrogates, first of all, child abuse as well as rules and norms of society and the upset that happens when people don't conform to them. I enjoyed this critical exploration, even when it was quite on the nose.
I think this is a well-written book about child abuse. This was a solid 4 stars for me.