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The Masks We Wear

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

June 11, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

The Hampstead neighborhood has been besieged by an increasing number of sexual assaults happening even in broad daylight. One of the families that lives near the assaults is the Fours family. The father, Roan, is a child psychologist; the wife and mother, Cate, is a physiotherapist; and they have a daughter and a son. Their across-the-street neighbor, Owen, is a thirty-year-old virgin who lives with his aunt. After being accused of inappropriate behavior with is students, he finds his way to the INCEL community online. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Hampstead, incel, Lisa Jewell, London, Masks, missing person, Myster, Suspense

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Hampstead, incel, Lisa Jewell, London, Masks, missing person, Myster, Suspense ·
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When a cog is broken, you throw it away.

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

April 2, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Keiko Furukura has been different her entire life, and she’s always to understand why she makes people uncomfortable. As a child, she found a dead bird and she brought it to her mother, who responded with sympathy and an offer to bury it. Keiko instead wanted to eat it. One day at school, two boys were fighting. Horrified, one of the girls screamed for someone to break them up, so Keiko grabbed a shovel and hit one of them over the head. And that was […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: asexual, convenience store woman, hikikomori, incel, Japan, Sayaka Murata

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: asexual, convenience store woman, hikikomori, incel, Japan, Sayaka Murata ·
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