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A review by nadia
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
What a weird and wonderful book this was! In a good, challenging way!
In this book, Sayaka Murata explores very similar themes to the ones she did in Convenience Store Woman: society and its expectations, especially where women are involved, and how far people are willing to go in order to fit in. This books gets real dark and twisted at times too — it's definitely not for the squeamish.
If you're an adventurous reader, open to exploring common themes against quirky ideas and concepts, then this book is perfect for you. It's sad at times and good fun at others.
A couple of my friends described this book as 'wild', and I can see why. I'd have to agree with them!
In this book, Sayaka Murata explores very similar themes to the ones she did in Convenience Store Woman: society and its expectations, especially where women are involved, and how far people are willing to go in order to fit in. This books gets real dark and twisted at times too — it's definitely not for the squeamish.
If you're an adventurous reader, open to exploring common themes against quirky ideas and concepts, then this book is perfect for you. It's sad at times and good fun at others.
A couple of my friends described this book as 'wild', and I can see why. I'd have to agree with them!