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A review by emmaraeempowered
The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani
1.0
This is extremely brutal! Please look at content warnings!
I got this arc copy at a local bookshop after helping with a bookish event. I was drawn to the title as I am always looking for more books about Baba Yaga to read. with the synopsis I realized there wasn't going to be much Baba Yaga influence in this book but I still decided to pick it up.
The first 8 pages are right away very gory. Not just fight scenes - there's an almost dog murder then description of a dog murder. There's a character who says to check that the main character is "actually female down there", then they threaten sexual assault. This level of disturbing instances increases throughout the rest of the book. Thankfully this is a really fast read, short chapters, not much description, otherwise I would have dnf'd.
There is sexual assault on page multiple times as well as torture.
The story wasn't very good. I found myself not caring about the plot and just wanting it to be over. There was a twist but I was more confused than enthralled by it. The chapter that alludes to the twist was the most confusing for me. I actually thought that it must have been a translation/editing error(since I have an ARC), but once I reached the ending I realized what that chapter was showing. I was just so lost. [Note: I read this book in one day, so my confusion wasn't due to setting the book down for a long time and then picking it up and confusing things.]
I got this arc copy at a local bookshop after helping with a bookish event. I was drawn to the title as I am always looking for more books about Baba Yaga to read. with the synopsis I realized there wasn't going to be much Baba Yaga influence in this book but I still decided to pick it up.
The first 8 pages are right away very gory. Not just fight scenes - there's an almost dog murder then description of a dog murder. There's a character who says to check that the main character is "actually female down there", then they threaten sexual assault. This level of disturbing instances increases throughout the rest of the book. Thankfully this is a really fast read, short chapters, not much description, otherwise I would have dnf'd.
There is sexual assault on page multiple times as well as torture.
The story wasn't very good. I found myself not caring about the plot and just wanting it to be over. There was a twist but I was more confused than enthralled by it. The chapter that alludes to the twist was the most confusing for me. I actually thought that it must have been a translation/editing error(since I have an ARC), but once I reached the ending I realized what that chapter was showing. I was just so lost. [Note: I read this book in one day, so my confusion wasn't due to setting the book down for a long time and then picking it up and confusing things.]
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Sexual assault, and Rape