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A review by blessedbyjupiter15
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is a very dark and controversal yet extremely compelling story not written for fainthearted readers.
A word of caution for those willing to give it a chance - take not of all the trigger warnings and take them seriously!
Earthlings is heartbreaking yet funny, bizarre and weird at times, it's a story about "life dismorphia" and people who are stuck on the outside and so alienated from life and societal norms that they have no other choice but to consider themselves as "aliens".
In a hyperbolic way it questions a person's position and role in a society and the consequences of not fitting in from an early childhood and adulthood. It questions what it means to be an adult and how willing adults are to turn the other way whenever something treatens to shatter their views of a perfect family and what life is supposed to be like.
The second half of the book takes a massive tone shift ending the book in an unexpected way, changing the genre to horror more than any other. Yet it still stays true to the overall themes.
This is definitely one of my top reads this year and maybe even an all time favorite.
Bravo! Sayaka Murata does it again!
A word of caution for those willing to give it a chance - take not of all the trigger warnings and take them seriously!
Earthlings is heartbreaking yet funny, bizarre and weird at times, it's a story about "life dismorphia" and people who are stuck on the outside and so alienated from life and societal norms that they have no other choice but to consider themselves as "aliens".
In a hyperbolic way it questions a person's position and role in a society and the consequences of not fitting in from an early childhood and adulthood. It questions what it means to be an adult and how willing adults are to turn the other way whenever something treatens to shatter their views of a perfect family and what life is supposed to be like.
The second half of the book takes a massive tone shift ending the book in an unexpected way, changing the genre to horror more than any other. Yet it still stays true to the overall themes.
This is definitely one of my top reads this year and maybe even an all time favorite.
Bravo! Sayaka Murata does it again!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Cannibalism, and Murder