Let’s take a break from American literature for a bit and talk about Japanese. Do you know any low-IQ people who need something to read? Strange Pictures, a mystery novel by a Japanese author who conceals his identity, is great for readers who suffer from medium to slight retardation. It’s written in very short sentences with many repetitions. There are little graphs explaining the most primitive concepts. Imagine explaining something veeeery slooowly to a very stupid person. And then doing it again. And again. That’s what this novel does.
It’s like that video of an African tribesman who is handed a bottle of Coke and has no idea what to do with it. He presses it to his ear, tries to blow into it. Uketsu is like that with a mystery novel v
It’s the last week of class, and my intellect is at a low ebb, so this novel wasn’t as annoying as it would normally be. Uketsu has millions of devoted fans which figures. Maybe everybody is always on their last week of class.
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