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A review by aceofjades
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
challenging
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
4.0
This is very much a book that I read.
It was definitely an experience. Maybe not a good one, but an experience nonetheless.
If it had been bad, I would've DNFed, but Sayaka Murata has a way of constructing the narrative that just sucks you in no matter how uncomfortable it gets.
And as always, the she gets it. The social commentary from an "outsider" view is both funny and tragic, and made me very grateful for the fact that I'm as straight as an ellipsoid.
Mind the trigger warnings, please. I didn't read them and was caught completely off guard thinking it was going to be a silly goofy time like "Convenience Store Woman" was.
It was definitely an experience. Maybe not a good one, but an experience nonetheless.
If it had been bad, I would've DNFed, but Sayaka Murata has a way of constructing the narrative that just sucks you in no matter how uncomfortable it gets.
And as always, the she gets it. The social commentary from an "outsider" view is both funny and tragic, and made me very grateful for the fact that I'm as straight as an ellipsoid.
Mind the trigger warnings, please. I didn't read them and was caught completely off guard thinking it was going to be a silly goofy time like "Convenience Store Woman" was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexism, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse
Minor: Infidelity