I have no clue if the translation by Stephen Snyder is truly accurate or if it was adapted any for a Western market. As a result, I didn’t find that all the subplots had a proper conclusion some just peter out. Their inclusion slows the pacing around the middle as we jump from POV to POV, getting new characters late into the story that need yet more backstory. However, over the course of the story, I found that there were perhaps too many characters, some of which had little real influence over the events and probably could have stayed as minor characters without chapters and backstories of their own. It’s a bleak story crammed with cynicism, propped up by the characters’ internal thoughts rationalizing their world views and actions.
But we slowly spiral out to other characters, all seedy and desperate characters just looking to get by in the world, regardless of who they take advantage of to do it. Most of the story centers on the four women that work at the factory. This is a central theme of Out: desperation leads to bad decisions made in the heat of the moment, and the results never payout. Natsuo Kirino has a thing for miserable characters in desperate life situations, already at the end of their rope when events force them to make terrible, life-altering decisions. Along with detailed passages of murder and cutting up bodies, there are a couple of extremely violent rape scenes. The ripples of their actions cascade into many other lives, destroying some in the process, but not all of these victims will take it lying down.įull warning, this book is gruesome and violent. Their already desperate reality is thrown into the dark world of crime when one of them murders her husband and turns to the other three to help cover it up. 8/10 Well-written and enjoyable despite some minor flaws.įour women struggle to make ends meet while working the night shift at a lunchbox factory.
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