libraryordie_brary 's review for:

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When being “other” is dangerous, what choice is there to the othered but to become dangerous themselves? This is one of the most fucked up horror books I’ve ever read. The real horror of course is the machine of capitalism and the oppression of misogyny (the factory). This book is taboo through and through - starting with

incest

and ending with

cannibalism

it  GOES THERE. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Gaslighting