August 26, 2024

The story suffers from what i could only describe as the writer’s cowardice. Nothing really happens, the whole book is characters you could hardly care about vomiting their thoughts/ telling a long VERY generic creepy story of past generations. At first, i got excited and started making my own theories about the house and imagining different scenarios but soon it became clear that there’s no mystery here because the characters make the wildest guesses and are always right. I hoped they would AT LEAST go to the house, discover some horrifying things, meet some intimidating characters, have someone die to me make feel something- but no.. nothing really happens. The very convenient and try-hard plot twists by the end made me roll my eyes.

In short- it felt like an indie horror game with a promising start, which then ends with an uncomfortably long epilogue that’s basically a black screen telling you the second half of the story instead of letting you play it.

Language learning: decent i guess.

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Sheima graded
on April 11, 2025
easier than地球星人L30
Sheima graded
on April 11, 2025
Sheima graded
on August 24, 2024
easier than君の名はL30
Sheima graded
on August 24, 2024
similar in difficulty toJapanese Folktales for Language LearnersL25
Sheima graded
on August 24, 2024
Sheima graded
on August 24, 2024
similar in difficulty toペンギン・ハイウェイL28