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A review by hauntedantiqueshop
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
let me just say, I’m just as shocked as anyone else is that I’m rating it 4.75/5 considering… Well, everything. It’s so fucking weird, from the very beginning to the veryyy end. It’s such an uncomfortable read but I absolutely had to finish it. Gots to see it through, my boy. I wouldn’t go as far to say I liked it, but I was certainly enthralled by it.
it’s folie à trois and they certainly matched each other’s freaks.
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement and Eating disorder
Minor: Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
the csa is a bit descriptive, a LOT of dissociation, victim blaming