寄居蟹之女

by Riu Kushiki, 櫛木理宇, 張鈞堯 (Translator)

好喜歡你的家，所以，要把它變成我的。

那個「家」，本來就壞掉了。
家庭主婦留美子，因為兒子意外過世打擊過大而放棄生活，對丈夫及三個女兒都不理不睬。某天，她在家門口遇見一個疑似被棄養的髒瘦小孩，而他和自己身亡的兒子名字同音。

難不成，他是上天派來填補她傷口的……留美子力排眾議收留了小男孩，但幾天後，身穿白色洋裝、臉抹厚厚白粉的可疑女子「山口葉月」出現，她自稱是遭受家暴、無家可歸的男孩母親。

兩人開始在這個家「寄住」。葉月來後，一切彷彿回到正軌，眾人品嚐到久違的「家」的溫暖；葉月的關懷無比細緻貼心，既然試過那份甜美，就無法再回頭……

「寄住」，變成了「寄生」──
被寄生的家族，想「被人需要」的渴望；明知不該打開門放她進來，卻又忍不住要接近她……
共依存、共寄生──誰是被害者，誰又是加害者？
發現時，已經太晚了。你只能眼睜睜的看著自己家分崩離析。

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2014

About the author

See also：櫛木 理宇(Japanese)、櫛木理宇(Chinese)

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are good things and there are bad things about this thriller. The development of Stockholm syndrome, brain-washing, mental abuse and crime are all fully and realistically detailed. Yet, the middle part of the book makes me feel like I'm reading a textbook about Stockholm syndrome instead of a novel about it, also most of the characters are unlikable and for many times weak-willed and pathetic. A family is about to be destroyed and the family members are going to be used, abused and they will suffer? Oh, this time just I don't care.

Still by the ending part, some of the villains start showing their human side instead of just being purely evil and merciless, and I warmed up to the second daughter of the family to a point I wanted her to survive her family's ordeal. So, 3.8 stars, for I learnt quite a number of things about brain-washing, mental abuse and imprisonment through the reading.

[Hiu Ying]

2022/09/07 Ashley 好友