![]() ![]() What evolves is a downward spiral of grisly events, with some dark and suprising twists. Their shared despondency and desperation provides a kind of solidarity, almost a feeling of girl power. When one of the women gets into trouble, the other three lend a helping hand. Each of their home situations is equally bleak, for different reasons they all feel trapped in their domestic lives. At the end of their shifts, the women are exhausted. The hours are long, conditons harsh, prospects for the future poor. Each occupies a different positon on the production line. ![]() That said, on the whole I enjoy direct writing and once I got used to it, thought it was perfect for a thriller like this.įour women work the graveyard shift in a boxed lunch factory in downtown Tokyo. ![]() My only other experience of a Japanese author is Haruki Murakami and the style between the two is quite different. Initally I found the writing a bit stilted. It took a few chapters for this book to work it’s magic but once it did I was hooked. ![]()
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