April 9, 2025

Light reading, page turner without difficult vocabulary

The description of this book as 'horror/suspense', seems a bit excessive. Like other Akagawa's, there are plenty of casualties, but there is no gore, and this is neither dark nor uncomfortable to read. Not sure the story makes a huge amount of sense, and there are some threads left unresolved (possibly leaving it open for a sequel). This is a good, relatively easy read for intermediate level Japanese learners.

Gradings:8
0
favorite_border
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
harder than時をかける少女L23
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
easier than妊娠カレンダーL31
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
similar in difficulty toセーラー服と機関銃L30
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
easier thanコンビニ人間L29
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
similar in difficulty toあなたも殺人犯になれる!L27
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
easier than幽霊列車L28
domjcw graded
on April 9, 2025
easier than変な家L28