舌の上の君

by ヰ坂 暁, しおん (Illustrator)

料理人の厨圭は、異世界に迷いこんでしまった。少女・アイサに救われたクリヤは、調理の技術を活かし、少しづつ異世界に馴染んでいく。しかしある日、彼はアイサの真実を知ってしまう。彼女は「サカラ」という、至上の美味を宿した人間で、いずれその身を調理される運命にあったのだ......。ジャンプホラー小説大賞の最終選考を、その猟奇的な内容と感動のストーリーで紛糾させた問題作!!

Genres: Light Novel

240 pages, Paperback

Published June 19, 2017

Reviews

[Sasan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I expected it to be grotesque given the subject matter, but I feel like I also expected it to be more.

The world building was interesting, but deliberately vague until a certain point. Which started off annoying to me, given my love for this element, but also made sense by the end because of the potential discrepancies that would have come out of it.

It had some mystery elements as well, which were not that difficult to figure out after the first questioning of it either.

Again though, it was just okay to me.

The characters weren’t that interesting, the few illustrations in it felt irrelevant to the discussed topic (I hoped for some of the scenery/city), the culture/customs were a bit too weird to accept as readily and finally, I found myself not really caring as much the farther I made it in.

I did find the cooking, or rather, transfer of Japanese techniques to fit in with the new world very interesting, and it reminded me of Tonsuki a bit too much sadly. Really miss that anime.

[Star Sapphire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really horror as advertised, but in a good way. The world is unique and fairly convincing, the characters are believable, and the theme of cannibalism is explored with some nuance and plenty of unexpected developments. Although I only discovered the book through the illustrator, the illustrations at the beginning of each chapter felt pointless at best and detrimental at worst.

[Titor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una obra corta, que va directo a lo que quiere decir. La declaración final de los Sakla y los Extranjeros es algo impactante. Te hace pensar sobre la cultura y los ideales. Isela se me hace un personaje un tanto molesto, no debió quedarse con Kay. Por favor maten al rey, como le odio.