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cute— reads like a children's/YA book though.

i adore Bazterrica's prose and how she precisely she captures each narrator's persona— the hollowness of Tender of the Flesh's male narrator and the seemingly knowing, cunning female writer in this one. very reminiscent of Handmaid's Tale and I Who Have Never Known Men so far. sucks you right in!

ate part 1 up for breakfast– talk your shit underground man !

okay wait i started this book this morning thinking it'd be a silly quick read to get me out of my slump but it just got good?!?!?!

are you serious 🥲

this is an odd one. i’m in a loopy tug of war with this book, enjoying the writing and the imagery but struggling to engage with the story– it’s abrasive and surreal, and most of the time i forget it’s written by Kawakami.

immediately i am sucked right into this book!!!