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javimokri's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.75
Muy buen libro que explica de manera muy accesible la vida de un periodista criminal en Japón entre los años ‘90 y ‘00. Resalta cómo es la relación de las instituciones japonesas con los Yakuza y el poder que tienen. De fácil lectura y muy atrapante
mpetruce's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking
Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Torture
kimmycallais's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.0
kinosthesia's review against another edition
5.0
I first heard of this book and its author from the DVD extras of 'Cold Fish' a Japanese film based on the dog-lover Saitama murders. The book of the authors experiences at the Yomiura Shinbun and the stories he covered and the cost of those stories in life are a must read for anyone who wants to start romanticizing the 'floating world' of the Japanese sex industry and the yakuza.
I've not yet been to Japan and the book has not put me off going at all, but it has made me more keen to see the reality of the place and not the image i see through film and dramas and other aspects of the entertainment industry.
I've not yet been to Japan and the book has not put me off going at all, but it has made me more keen to see the reality of the place and not the image i see through film and dramas and other aspects of the entertainment industry.