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A review by pineconek
Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
4.0
*slowly laughing* hahah what the f-
This is the first book of the other Murakami's that I read and it's nice to now know that there are two Murakamis that I intend on reading more of.
Miso Soup takes us, through the eyes of narrator Kenji and his suspicious client Frank, on a tour of Tokyo's red light district. We might girls in various stages of undress and experience culture shock between Frank's Americanness and the Japanese world around us. But Frank's money is quite literally soaked with blood, and strange murders have recently been reported.
This book was "no plot just vibes" until about 3/4 through when the violence suddenly began. And then there were more vibes, this time eerie and breathtaking and terrifying.
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Recommended if you like slow burn books featuring terrible people doing terrible things for few reasons other than "it's fun" and are looking to expand your repertoire of translated fiction (I read this in french). 4 stars.
This is the first book of the other Murakami's that I read and it's nice to now know that there are two Murakamis that I intend on reading more of.
Miso Soup takes us, through the eyes of narrator Kenji and his suspicious client Frank, on a tour of Tokyo's red light district. We might girls in various stages of undress and experience culture shock between Frank's Americanness and the Japanese world around us. But Frank's money is quite literally soaked with blood, and strange murders have recently been reported.
This book was "no plot just vibes" until about 3/4 through when the violence suddenly began. And then there were more vibes, this time eerie and breathtaking and terrifying.
.
Recommended if you like slow burn books featuring terrible people doing terrible things for few reasons other than "it's fun" and are looking to expand your repertoire of translated fiction (I read this in french). 4 stars.