Dissolving Classroom

Dissolving Classroom

Review Dissolving Classroom is the story of a pair of siblings that bring misfortune to every person that they meet. Chizumi is a disturbed child that enjoys harassing people and…
Uzumaki

Uzumaki

Review A horror manga about spirals – it sounds strange, doesn’t it? What makes Uzumaki so brilliant is that it takes something abstract and transforms it into the stuff of…
The Memory Police

The Memory Police

Review The Memory Police is one of the most disorienting and haunting novels that I had ever read. It felt like watching a black and white movie on a projector…
Black Fairy Tale

Black Fairy Tale

Review Black Fairy Tale is a bizarre story, full stop, it is the thought that kept circling my mind as I read the novel and especially when I finished. What…
The Boy in the Earth

The Boy in the Earth

Review The Boy in the Earth is pitch black noir novel about the aftershocks of trauma. The narrator is a depressed taxi driver drifting through life in a constant state…
Penance

Penance

Review When I began reading I had expected a violent revenge story, but what I got was much darker and more insidious. Penance explores grief, guilt, the different ways that…
Audition

Audition

Review Audition may just be one of the fastest reads I've had all year, finishing in just under 24 hours. The story follows an aging widower named Aoyama, who holds…