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A review by flowtjo
Ring by Kōji Suzuki
medium-paced
1.0
It has some of the most egregious use of intersex characters, sexism and rape as plot features I've ever seen. It's not a bad translation job, a product of its time or cultural difference - the writer had a couple of good ideas and wrapped them up in his terrible views, badly defined characters and very limited knowledge of both the occult and science. A mildly interesting story that turned out to be such a nasty little book. So so disappointing.
Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Transphobia
Starts off OK, but the latter half of the book is riddled with transphobia/anti-intersex speech, a lot of rape, and healthy doses of sexism against women throughout. Ye been warned.