[Review] The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Ito

3 Things About This Book : Semi-Autobiographic Fiction | Seamlessly Blends Voices from Various Texts | Explores Life & Death, Religion & Cultural Differences, Societal Expectations and More |

[Review] Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo

3 Things About This Book : A Giant Web of a Story | Slightly Draggy But The Way Everything Falls Into Place is Stunning | Classic Japanese Mystery |

[Review] The End of the Moment We Had by Toshiki Okada

3 Things About This Book : Two Short Stories | Searching for Meaning to Their Life / Connection to Tether Them to the World | Metaphorical but Shallow |

[Review] Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

3 Things About This Book : Exploration of Teenage Violence and its Effects on the Victims | The Choice of Normality VS The Choice of Alienation | Simple, Understanding Prose that Conveys the Characters' Pain |

[Review] The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo

3 Things About This Book : Narrated from an Unwitting Participant's POV | Deceptive and Twisty | Classic Japanese Mystery with Elements of Adventure |