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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.
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder