A review by sklenenyzvon
Autofikce by Hitomi Kanehara

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked up this book because of how bipolar the reviews were. Now, I kind of understand where it was coming from. Rin is an exceptionally complicated woman. She is obsessive, overtly jealous, indecisive, manic and a liar (she would hate me for saying this, but it's the truth), yet I somehow got so attached to her…

To be completely honest, the only reason the reviews are so bipolar is because people read what the book is about and then get into it expecting it to not be the thing it said it was. But the book is exactly what it presents itself to be. It's raw, it's violent, it's messed up and it forces you to step out of your comfort zone and accept Rin for who she is. A flawed woman in an even more flawed world. 

The younger she got the harder it was for me to read, because at the end of the day I wished for nothing but peace for her. I felt for her and I found myself in some of her complicated feelings.

Very excited to read more works from Kanehara, her writing, while provocative and messy, is just brilliant (at least for me that is).