A review by tjrober2
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Such a compact and devastating read. Feels so genuine in its critique of Japanese capitalist society. Really blown away about how circular, oftentimes paired with unfixed and unclear timelines, narrative structure of this novel. It’s very descriptive but also so many of the descriptions do not make clearer who Kazu is to us. So much he won’t so say and so much the narrative doesn’t have access to and doesn’t pretend to have access to. Really floored by this one; it’s just so unrelenting.