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A review by cat_thecatlady
Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano
4.0
the regular trigger warnings for any inio asano book: violence, sexual/physical assault, rape, suicidal tendencies, child abuse
it's really hard to explain how and why one can enjoy the work of inio asano. because his work is not "enjoyable" and certainly isn't fun. these books are almost always about extreme trauma and the way humans deal with it. nijigahara holograph is not an exception, at least in terms of themes. both plot and art-wise, I felt more like an artistic approach from the author. the story jumps a lot and sometimes is hard to keep up with all the timelines. it's not even totally clear who the protagonist of this story is. because of that and the overall motifs, this isn't a book to read lightly and you'll probably take more from it if you read it more than once.
I didn't love it as much as I did some of his other work but inio asano is an author that speaks deeply to me in a weird way and I'll always be an huge fan of all of his books
it's really hard to explain how and why one can enjoy the work of inio asano. because his work is not "enjoyable" and certainly isn't fun. these books are almost always about extreme trauma and the way humans deal with it. nijigahara holograph is not an exception, at least in terms of themes. both plot and art-wise, I felt more like an artistic approach from the author. the story jumps a lot and sometimes is hard to keep up with all the timelines. it's not even totally clear who the protagonist of this story is. because of that and the overall motifs, this isn't a book to read lightly and you'll probably take more from it if you read it more than once.
I didn't love it as much as I did some of his other work but inio asano is an author that speaks deeply to me in a weird way and I'll always be an huge fan of all of his books