In Grotesque, Kirino showed the patriarchal society where men ruled the world and how women struggled and compete, not only with men, but also with each other. However, I find the attraction of Masako to Satake a bit confusing at the book’s climax. The plot is riveting and I know the motivations of every character to do what they did. I think Out is Kirino’s strongest English-translated novel. In this book, Natsuo Kirino showed how yakuza and loan sharks work and take advantage of the weak. These women really got the shorter end of a stick and they were struggling to find a way out. Readers will soon realise that there is no crime that goes unpunished, but do they deserve it? The world is unfair and readers learn that hard work is not always rewarded. Somehow, it reminded me of an old Japanese film I saw – Cold Fish. In her debut novel Out, at first, I thought it is about women fucking men over and getting away with murder. This author reveals the unpretty things in society and in humans, especially how some people use others for their own benefit. Natsuo Kirino writes about the other face of Japan where the light of wealth and progress does not shine. Ueno Park – where the dismembered body in Out was found.
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