This was the second book I have read after I declared I’d join this challenge. I read Natsuo Kirino’s first book, OUT, and was disappointed at it. But I realized that I wanted more of her (Kirino) books. So I searched for her second book, GROTESQUE. I luckily found it in a local thriftshop (the price was still too high, but it was NATSUO KIRINO, for God’s sake). I read the book, found out that the first book was much better because the second book has more disappointing. Then I again started to search for the third book, REAL WORLD. After successfully downloading an ebook, I read it in one sitting.
And I was scowling after I've finished reading it.
I don't know but the books really left a mark. They are disappointing (personally, this is not a spoiler or anything like that) but still I want more. Arrghh. I began an obsession: NATSUO KIRINO books. That sounded weird, right? Well, to me, it sounded realistic. When you read Miss Kirino's books, it's like you're looking at the dark side of the society. The reality of the place we are living today. The stories might have occurred in Japan, but it has a general concept. It reaches to all the corners of the world. I'm not sure but the books think that everyone in the world is somewhat connected. Even if you don't care what you're neighbor is up to in the middle of the night, something related to that fact will affect you. It's like that. And that's a scary reality.
I read that REAL WORLD is the third English-translated book of Natsuo Kirino. There's one more: WHAT REMAINS, so I'm keeping an eye for that one. However, if I wanted to read all her books, I have to learn Basic and Advanced Japanese to work it out. Plus, I have to order books (in Japanese) from Japan just to get a hold of them. So I guess, my search for the other Kirino's books ends temporarily after I find the fourth translated book.
I just need to write this down because I can't get the book out of my mind. The book is so damn effective in making you think so deep.
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