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by Natsuo Kirino
Taste attributes: crimedramapsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatesocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, weighty crime novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.9 / 5
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About This Book
In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives.
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- Author
- Natsuo Kirino
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 388
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- Open Library
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