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Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino

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m_elissa_m's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

ellisofia's review

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

there are three separate short stories in this collection, and so i want to rate them as such.
nails and eyes - 3.7/5 - i enjoyed the long, overly detailed bits about her stepmother’s past, and the ending was satisfactory for me. i wouldn’t say i LOVED it, but it was good.
what shoko forgets - 3.6/5 - this is well written, flows well, and makes you feel gross (how horror should). it’s also quite realistic, which makes it hurt a bit more. might’ve liked a tw? but i’m a bit of a softie.
minute fears - 4.5/5 - ohh, this is excellent. it really tied up the whole collection for me, and had an ending i was not expecting and adored. this is a story i will tell my friends about.

angela_iseli's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mariahdiesattheend's review

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ebicco's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Even the grotesque can be beautiful.
Even the cruel can be comforting.
As a woman, married, mother, affair, daughter.... as a woman you need to find a way to survive.

bakaburg's review

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3.0

Not bad, just felt like despite there being three stories here, it was kind of repetitive. Weird thing happens, then we reach a potential climax but...it cuts off.

I understood why they were published in this collections together but there was room for variety in how each tell ended. I really enjoyed the first story because the ending didn't seem too open-ended, though. The other two stories, while interesting in their own way, I personally feel relied too much on the reader's imagination in the end. I kind of don't love when books do that usually lol and would rather see read actually happens. So maybe that's just a me thing.

An overall enjoyable reading experience! I would revisit the first one for sure, which was not only uniquely written (hello? second person POV that didn't make my skin itch?) but actually felt like it had a solid build and climax. Hell, maybe I'd even reread the third, but I don't really think there's much about the second one that did anything for me so I'd skip it next go around if I'm being honest.

seethinglloron's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

First story is strongest, last onr was my 2nd favorite. It's tense and creepy in all three, but all three felt... like they didn't quite get where I wanted them too. Not necessarily unfinished, but I wasn't quite satisfied.