A review by mainstbooksmonroe
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata

challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I've flipped back and forth on how I felt about this book every hour since I read it...

In a dystopia where all children are born via artificial means, Amane is the rare one whose parents copulated. This is now viewed as incest since a husband and wife are a family unit. She grows up obsessed with sex and love because of it, experimenting by herself, with others, and finally within a government project designed with the intent to birth and raise healthy happy children. 

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