brokebookmountain’s Reviews > Cannibals > Status Update

definitely the ending that i expected. i feel like there's no other way the book could've ended. relationships are severed, but at least the chain of violence ended. sad little book. reminded me of the movie coin locker girl, where both stories question blood, relationships, and whether violence is inherited and nurtured.

3.75 ✩

fucked up but also so so sad :(( i hate the way Toma is gradually turning into his dad, and how he himself is scared of who he is becoming :(

"...you're basically identical." THAT IS LITERALLY THE WORST THING TOMA COULD EVER HEAR FROM KOTOKO :((((

my dad is an asshole but not an abuser...but even i don't want to be compared to my father like are you crazy

oh this is WILD. but i understand how children of abusers oftentimes identify with their parents, and how they are afraid of going down the same path as them :(
i feel bad for Toma cuz he really doesn't have a better role model, especially living in such a dead-end situation