Till I picked it up on a whim earlier this week and before I knew it, I was about 25% in and really invested in this world, it hurt my heart and made my stomach crawl occasionally and made me so mad but I really found myself invested in this book. (But then who does?) So this book sat unread all this time. OK, now on to this book, it has sat on my Kindle since last year and I wanted to read but I was also scared to read it, given it's subject matter and all the Trigger Warnings that come with this book.

I really was enjoying it but not in the right frame of mind to continue. It is a perfectly wonderfully well written book, with some trademarks of modern Japanese writing. I have a feeling, at some point in the future I will return to it. Review: I read almost half of Breasts and Eggs by the same author last year and then I wasn't quite feeling it so I put it down. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors working to expand the boundaries of contemporary Japanese literature. Kawakami's simple yet profound new work stands as a dazzling testament to her literary talent. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious debates concerning violence to which the weak are subjected. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. Heaven by Mieko Kawakami: Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye.

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