A review by felicitysingleton
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was brilliantly worded with themes of the senses, feminism, food, culture, misogyny and relationships. The translation is amazing and needs to be commended. The story is well written and even though the book is longer it leaves a sense of wanting to read more. It’s the perfect length as each chapter creates backstory and depth for the individual characters involved. It highlights modern day issues within Japanese culture but it also relates to the wider picture of the world’s issues relating to body shape, size and beauty standards.