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reviewed Cannibals by Kalau Almony

Kalau Almony, Shinya Tanaka: Cannibals (Paperback, 2024, Honford Star)

During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, …

Just too creepy

I can respect that there's a point to this book existing, but I really didn't like it at all. I spend enough of my life having to accommodate for men who think they're owed something by women to want to read something like this.

Even though the main character is a teenage boy, I still found the whole approach on sex(ual assault) and domestic violence to be somewhat too shallow for my tastes--I really wanted more introspection than I got. Anyone triggered by those things definitely needs to avoid this book.

I probably wouldn't have finished it if it hadn't been less than 100 pages long and easily read while I was waiting for videos to render.