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Hotel Iris
by Yōko Ogawa
HOTEL IRIS by YOKO OGAWA
Like many of us, I read the Memory Police by Ogawa and instantly needed more of her in my life. Also, this month is #januaryinjapan so it was the perfect occasion to read this book.
Hotel Iris follows a young girl who lives and works at the hotel owned by her family. She’s 17 years old and her only source of conversation is her strict and cold mother and the kleptomaniac maid. That is until she meets a much older man; the translator. One day while out with the translator, the girl discovers her deepest desire is to be told what to do by this man. And so begins their sexual relationship. Many of the things the girl is asked to do could be considered abuse, but she is certain that she is in love with the man and she enjoys the pain he causes her. Did I mention it’s an extremely dark read? Yeah, check trigger warnings, my loves!
Anyway, it’s brilliantly written and I loved reading this, even when I was wincing with sympathetic pain.
Now it’s time to read another Ogawa book, methinks.
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Like many of us, I read the Memory Police by Ogawa and instantly needed more of her in my life. Also, this month is #januaryinjapan so it was the perfect occasion to read this book.
Hotel Iris follows a young girl who lives and works at the hotel owned by her family. She’s 17 years old and her only source of conversation is her strict and cold mother and the kleptomaniac maid. That is until she meets a much older man; the translator. One day while out with the translator, the girl discovers her deepest desire is to be told what to do by this man. And so begins their sexual relationship. Many of the things the girl is asked to do could be considered abuse, but she is certain that she is in love with the man and she enjoys the pain he causes her. Did I mention it’s an extremely dark read? Yeah, check trigger warnings, my loves!
Anyway, it’s brilliantly written and I loved reading this, even when I was wincing with sympathetic pain.
Now it’s time to read another Ogawa book, methinks.
#yokoogawa #hoteliris #japanesefiction #japanesewriters #japanesebooks #japaneseliterature #book #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewfeatures #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookstagramespaña