Kaoru Takamura, Allison Markin Powell, Marie Iida: Lady Joker, Volume 1 (2022, Soho Press, Incorporated)
English language
Published May 13, 2022 by Soho Press, Incorporated.
Gelesen wegen der überzeugenden Rezension von Till Raether. Es war auch wirklich sehr gut, aber ab der Mitte hat es sich doch wie harte Arbeit angefühlt, vor allem wegen der sehr langsam und zeitweise gefühlt gar nicht vorankommenden Handlung. Irgendwann lese ich den zweiten Band, aber nicht sofort.
Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker (volume 1) took me a while to finish, but it's not because it's not good, it's just very long and very detailed. It's definitely a psychological thriller in the sense that almost everything you read happens in people's heads, rather than any outright action. It's pretty scathing about capitalism, the Japanese corporate culture and the "keiretsu" system, with corporations in bed with organized crime.
But it ended on a cliffhanger, so even after 600 pages, I have no idea how it will end. Volume 2 will have all the answers i guess
