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Reviews
(3.56/5)February 15, 2023
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The life is short, little reader, read something else.
I was not aware this book would be as surrealistic as it is. I don't like surrealistic literature and once more, this book confirmed this.
It's not badly written and doesn't use extremely difficult language, but because of the non-sensical elements it ends up being a fairly challenging read, imo.
There is an anime movie and I would recommend watching that before (or instead of) reading the book.
If you like surrealistic stories, this might be for you. If you don't, I recommend you read somet
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Gradings
Why can't I grade this item?
The Night is Short, Read in Chunks!
This is my Review in Progress. As of writing this I am about 20% of the way through and am loving ever bit of it. It has surreal elements as others have mentioned but it's generally a very easy to follow story (especially if you have seen the movie). It certainly isn't easy as there are rare kanji and grammar scattered throughout but nothing that has kept me from enjoying this year long bar crawl (so far).
I still have another 80% of the book to read, but I encourage people looking for a challe