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pdxannie
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This book reads like YA fiction, which isn‘t bad, but not what I have come to expect from translated Japanese. It‘s simple writing, but it is absolutely charming and I almost want a copy for myself just for the recipes.

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stretchkev
Gold Rush | Miri Yu
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A brutal, unflinching dive into the psyche of a teenage boy unraveling amid the violence and neglect of Yokohama‘s slum. Stark and relentless, it‘s a haunting portrait of innocence lost and a society in decay, and pretty well written too.

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pdxannie
Lizard | Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif
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Mehso-so

It‘s no Kitchen but I don‘t regret reading it. I didn‘t connect with the short stories as I hoped I would but that could be because Kitchen left me with unreasonable expectations.

I love that she dedicated the American version to Kurt Cobain.

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Catgirl1224
Ring | Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne Walley
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Say you had 7 days to find out how to stop a curse from killing you. How would you do it? Would you waste time or would you do the obvious way to stop it. What would be the obvious way to stop it? Well. You might not want to watch the tape in the first place. I say give this book a chance. There‘s a twist I didn‘t see coming and the characters aren‘t great. But the mystery aspect is pretty solid.

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Chavelafab
The Waiting Years | Fumiko Enchi
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I loved that 📕 by one of Japan‘s most famous female writers. The co-existence of four women (wife servants concubines etc) in a bourgeois family during the Meiji area. The interactions are observed and described with minutiae giving the main characters a deep humanity. Very beautiful and delicately written. The ending was a stark contrast (no spoilers).

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Jari-chan
Hotel Lucky Seven | Kotaro Isaka
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Suet624 💯 1mo
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Catgirl1224
In The Miso Soup | Ryu Murakami
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Did you ever want to be a tour guide in another country? Did you ever want to be one for the not so family friendly side of this country? Well, this book might change your mind. This book was a perfect with the idea of “What could happen if the tourists you‘re dealing with… might be something he isn‘t?” A quick slow burn. I recommend reading it at a least once.

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Jari-chan
Hotel Lucky Seven | Kotaro Isaka
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This was by far the best book of the series! Even a tiny bit better than Bullet Train. The other books only play a small part here, so if you've read BT, you can go ahead and read this one. Seriously, I loved it. Once again, we're reading about murderers, and keep on thinking “Well, they're actually quite nice“. Because they somehow are. I loved Koko-san and Soda and of course Nanao. And Blanket and Pillow. See what I mean?!

RosePressedPages I loved this one too! I hope he adds more to this series. I can‘t get enough of this quirky, oddly nice, murderers lol 1mo
Jari-chan @RosePressedPages I would totally read another book in this series! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Imagen_leigh
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And now it‘s a classic 🤣

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Imagen_leigh
The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai
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In The Setting Sun, you read about a period Kazuko's life: a young woman who is deeply troubled.
She lives with her mother after her divorce.
After her father's death, they lose the house and have to move to the countryside and live a very poor life. On top of that her mother is constantly in poor health; and her brother has a drug addiction. Reading this, I felt the despair that came from Kazuko and felt very sorry for her.