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orizenda's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
4.5
This review may contain spoilers? I’m just going to kind of say what I think the point of this book is, because I’m not sure I fully get it. But I’m trying to make sense of it. To me it seems like a commentary on how we treat other people. In all kinds of ways. Frank is a foreigner-the word gaijin comes up a lot, i’m not sure if something is lost on me here as a stupid american- a foreigner in just about every way possible. He’s a foreigner in Japan, obviously, he makes himself unknown to those around him through the lies he tells, if we’re to believe his backstory, he was an outsider to his family and shunned from his hometown. He even became a foreigner to his own body (if we believe his story, which, as we get it through Kenji, he believes it anyway). I’m not entirely sure what to make of the graphic violence or a myriad of other things. I don’t want to take up too much space here though, and I fear I already have.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
j_yarbrough's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
edogqwa's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
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