weird and interesting and very similar in style to earthlings, but a little weaker I feel, because the escalation feels a little too fast near the end to me. 4.5 stasr, rounded up. tysm for the arc, i was shrieking when i saw i got it

I liked the allusions to Brave New World and the author’s unique and quirky style. I did not enjoy it as much as Convenience Store Woman and would not recommend it to my high school students.

Sayaka Murata is a weird author, and I eat up all of her books. I think she's so weird and strange and her writing is so bizarre but I also think she's saying interesting things that border on taboo. I can't say I liked this book, because it was so disturbing and weird, but I think it was a good read and worth it!