A review by joelle99
In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I have mixed feelings about this but I kind of liked how it deviated from the normal pace of a thriller. I liked the social and psychological themes explored from the angle of night life in japan. However, this book still falls into misogynistic tropes and is still a patriarchal point of view despite the author clearly trying to criticise the objectification of women in sex work.
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