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A review by milk0829
Audition by Ryū Murakami
3.0
One of my favorite Japanese horror movies was based on this book - and I will be honest with you: If you have seen the movie, you might want to stay away from the book. You might be as disappointed as I was. I rarely say this, but the movie was better.
Was this the best thing I ever read? Absolutely not. Was it the worst thing I ever read? Also no. It was just... So-so.
Unfortunately, the ending feels "disturbing just for the sake of being disturbing", which is off-putting for an unintended reason. It also felt rather rushed at the end, compared to how slow things were in the previous part of the book. It was honestly not scary, disturbing "horror" until the end.
Also, as a woman, I can say that I hated how the female character (and women in general) were written about in this book. It may have been a translation issue, but (without spoiling anything) the adult parts of the book just sounded disgusting and not appealing at all. I've been wondering for a while if this is a problem that most Japanese male authors have, or if I'm the problem.
Was this the best thing I ever read? Absolutely not. Was it the worst thing I ever read? Also no. It was just... So-so.
Unfortunately, the ending feels "disturbing just for the sake of being disturbing", which is off-putting for an unintended reason. It also felt rather rushed at the end, compared to how slow things were in the previous part of the book. It was honestly not scary, disturbing "horror" until the end.
Also, as a woman, I can say that I hated how the female character (and women in general) were written about in this book. It may have been a translation issue, but (without spoiling anything) the adult parts of the book just sounded disgusting and not appealing at all. I've been wondering for a while if this is a problem that most Japanese male authors have, or if I'm the problem.