Earthlings

Earthlings, de Sayaka Murata (Trad. Ginny Tapley Takemori) é uma das coisas mais viscerais que li em muito tempo. O começo relativamente fofinho não dá ideia do que virá logo em seguida, e até onde a autora chegará nas páginas finais – cuja força e desespero me lembraram A Vegetariana. A protagonista é Natsuki, uma garota que não se encaixa nos padrões, e acredita ter vindo de outro planeta. Seu único amigo é um bichinho de pelúcia com quem conversa. Maltratada pela família, ela sofre um grande trauma, e acaba realizando um “casamento” com seu primo também adolescente. Anos mais tarde, está casada com um homem apenas por conveniência – cada um dorme no próprio quarto. Cada vez mais alienada do mundo, chama a cidade de “A Fábrica”, e espera a chegada da nave que a leve para seu planeta. Nada disso prepara para o capítulo final, que pode ser lido na chave da completa perda de contato com a realidade.

Tbh I didn't know a single thing about the Plot. I heard about Convenience Store Woman a lot so I picked the other work.Where do I even start with this book?The cover is the most deceiving part, I must say.Don't let it fool you.I didn't expect this book to be this dark.I didn't want to put down this book but I had to because my mind wasn't able to digest some of the scenes.I would highly recommend it to anyone who has a heart to keep up with the dark surprises.

something I would recommend and not recommend at the same time. the back cover does little to give away what the book is really about. the lingering feeling that you are left with after putting the book down is hard to describe. the book has a lots of trigger warnings going off so before you get into it try to research a bit.

weird and dark and funnynot for children。。No!

This book seems marketed as a quirky, cutesie novel about a woman who thinks that she is an extraterrestrial, but that is a very superficial and somewhat misleading description. This book is dark. The pivotal scenes are disturbing - a child being sexually abused by an adult teacher, an incestuous underage sexual encounter that shatters a family and a fantastical and extended description of cannibalism. Yeah, this is a thought-provoking critique of society and the pressure on people, especially women, to conform to societal norms and that is valuable; but this book was unpleasant reading to an extreme in my view. I don't understand all the praise.