A review by nigellicus
Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stross

adventurous funny mysterious tense

5.0

Bob goes to Japan to fight an eldritch manifestuation of cuteness and sentimentality in the form of Hello Kitty and assorted other lesser avatars of predatory cuteness feeding on childish adoration. That's the joke, and it doesn't outstay its welcome, and its awlays nce to have acerbic cantankerous Bob back saving the world and filing expenses.