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... Templeton by Lauren Groff: Overwrought prose and characters who in no way acted like real people actually behave.
Out by Natsuo Kirino: Grim, grim, grim. A book with relentless hopelessness and misery. At another time in my life, I probably would have liked it, but not now.
... Alienist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (and sequel), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Alias Grace, Generation Loss, Out: A Novel , Smilla's Sense of Snow; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; The Name of the Rose; The Secret History; The Wasp Factory ... and I'm forgetting many ...
... I will take the plunge and make choices from both lunarcheck and mnleona's libraries:
From lunacheck's library I choose Out by Natsuo Kirino - I am a sucker for mystery/ crime/ thrillers and this received a good rating from lunacheck.
From mnleona's libray I choose The Crystal Skull by M ...
Hi, hope you don't mind adding my two cents on Natsuo Kirino. I quite enjoyed Out but overall I disliked Grotesque. I think its a bit more intense and depressing than the first book but I think also more flawed. The plot seemed to be less suspenseful (no trying to get away with murder). Plus ...
I bailed on Out . Too graphic.
Glad to hear you liked Out . I have that one scheduled for my translations category for my 1010 Challenge.
How about crime? I usually avoid these like the plague but will do one for a global themed read. Novels like Out by Natsuo Kirino or something by Swedish author Henning Mankell (I see his books everywhere) are some examples.
I would warn you that Out can be a little harsh, but fresh off of Evil at Heart, you will simply be indoctrinated into a really twisted view of life.
I just finished Evil at Heart and will have to ponder the stack on my bedside table for awhile to decide what's next. Something that fits ...
... Reserving comment until I've thought about it a little.
Sat down before dinner thinking I'd read the first chapter of Out by Natsuo Kirino and 50 pages later I realized that I was hungry. I'd have to say it's pretty captivating!
... decided upon by reading the blurb on the back page or could include continuations of a series. Looking forward to reading Out so I don't think it will be too long into the year before I get to it.
@31 mathgirl, I've pretty much loved every Heinlein book that I've read so far. Friday ...
... science fiction anymore so it will be intrigued to see what is/will be out there. Also interested to see what you make of Out .. I found it quite er. strong!
... Murakami
4. Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami
5. Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era by Eiji Yoshikawa
6. Out: A Novel by Natsu Kirino
7. Quicksand by Junichiro Tanazaki
8. The Devil's Whisper by Miyuki Miyabe
9. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
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1. Out by Natsuo Kirino (9.19.2009)
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Out is an award winning crime novel. It's about four Japanese women who work the night shift at a boxed lunch factory. When one of them strangles her husband the others come to her aid motivated by friendship or money. Things go well until Sato, a night club/casino owner is suspected of the ...
Finished another two from the pile .... Out by Natsuo Kirino and Room with a View by E M Forster.
Room with a View was an audio book and unfortunately I must have been concentrating on driving and missed an important plot development which almost ruined the book for me. I have ...
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1. The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
2. Out by Natsuo Kirino
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafón
4. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
5. The Library of Shadows by Mikkel B ...
Out was absorbing from beginning to end.
Right now I'm reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. It started off promising, and got to a really original spooky point. But right now it reads like a whiny, melancholy love story, and it's getting tedious. I wish writers knew how to put the "ps ...
... It has become my I'm-to-tired-to-really-read-but-I-want-to book.
I am almost done with Grotesque after finishing Out . She does make Japan seem so much bleaker than my beloved Murakami. Next up, I'm going to try some Forster for the first time, perhaps with A Passage to India.
From Bookmooch (from France):
Out by Natsuo Kirino. I've been itching for this one forever!
Uncivil Seasons by Michael Malone. Karenmarie recommended this series, so I thought I would give it a try.
Library sale:
The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I picked this up for ...
... to finish it, to see if there would be a surprise in the end. No. So that's that.
I will now go and read something better: Out by Natsuo Kirino
I'm reading Out by Natsuo Kirino.
1. Where did you get this book? From Thriftbooks.com
2. Why did you pick this book to read NOW? It was next on my list.
3. How long has it been on your shelf? About 2 weeks I think
4. So far, what do you like best about this book? Interesting plot and ...
#35 - Phlox,
I can't say it is for everyone, but I LOVED Out . I liked it enough to pick up Natsuo Kirino's next book (Grotesque), but haven't read it yet. I plan on rereading Out in the future.
#167--I really liked Out , but was unimpressed with her next book. Interested to know what you think when you've finished.
Oh Let The Right One In was just precious. Great book.
Right now I'm reading Out by Natsuo Kirino. It may not be classified as strictly horror but there are some pretty horrific actions by the main characters so far. Quite an enjoyable read, I hope it doesn't disappoint at the end.
... and I'm currently reading The Shadow of the Wind and it's wonderful. How was his next book? Also I just mooched Out and have wanted to read it forever.
mckait- Ok,no more talk about Con.... well you know! Are there any others we also shouldn't discuss?
... Angel's Game. This week I am going to try to do more two-fers, but split it up. I am currently on Never Let Me Go and Out . I am going to pick up next books by those same authors. My summer reading patterns are a bit unpredictable, might as well go with it.
... adding it to my list.
P.S.--Isn't it great how dogs know how to handle their people?
P.S.--A little late, but I liked Out very much. Its depiction of the underbelly of Japanese society, especially the plight of the working class women, was fascinating, and I thought the thriller aspect of ...
... owe a review of Primitive People but I am not ready for that yet. I've moved onto The 6th Lamentation. The review of Out didn't seem to generate much stir but it is a dark book.....probably not suited to everyone's taste. Thanks for stopping in and commenting msf, nanny, and clfisha.
I had similar feelings to reading Out , it was a bit intense even for me. I know she has written quite a few more but I gave up after Grotesque, it seems to go even further on the despair and nastiness but I hated every single character in it, this may of been the point but it not make me enjoy ...
Very good review on Out ! I've had this on my wishlist forever!
Book #31, Out
by Natsuo Kirino
Thriller/Mystery
400 pages
Despair lives everywhere; no social strata nor ethnic class nor place is free from its grasp. Natsuo Kirino’s novel Out, however, maps a dark landscape where despair ...
Out and Girls both gave me nightmares.
Out
... work, which is an intriguing fantasy that seems to mix Indian myth with modern elements of fantasy. I'm still working on Out by Natsuo Kirino, which is really good but pretty noir in mood so can only read so much at one time. So I'm switching off with Unspoken by Mari Jungstedt. Th ...
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Next up at the plate is Out by Natsuo Kirino and Unseen by Mari Jungstedt.
Buried Strangers by Leighton Gage
Out by Natsuo Kirino
#13 ERice: At his book signing Leighton Gage said Out: a novel was an excellent and had high praise for Natsuo Kirino. I just got the book today and want to finish 2 others before starting on it but am looking forward to it.
Out: a novel by natsuo kirino She is an award winning author and this is her firt book translated to english. Very good.
... and Buried Strangers by Leonard Gage.
(Touchstones won't load for any of above--not sure why.)
I have requested Out but am not sure when it will arrive.
I also finished The Inner Circle by Mari Jungstedt which I really enjoyed.
# 57 - ERice I read Out earlier this year, it is excellent!
I haven't read a mystery/crime book for awhile so to make up for it I am reading two right now, first The Body Box by Lynn Abercrombie - I'd say it's just ok. Then I also started Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins, and I think I ...
... World by Natsuo Kirino
Japanese noir about a high school student who kills his mother. Not nearly as good as Kirino's Out .
Hi, yes I'm just about to start Grotesque tonight. I read Out last year and bought Grotesque on the back of that, but it's been languishing on my TBR list for ages. I quite enjoyed Out so I'm looking forward to this, but it'll have to go some to equal Now You're One of Us. Not so much ...
... available in English. I'm looking forward to Bødy. I see you're reading Natsuo Kirino's Grotesque, now...have you read Out ?
Japan (again)
Out - Natsuo Kirino
I abandoned this due to its unrelenting bleakness. It was well-written though. It is being marketed as feminist noir, but I'd disagree. It does give some insight into the lives of working class Japanese women, but nothing good ever happens, and I grew tired ...
>31 both Japanese authors you mentioned are known as mystery authors here. It seems I first saw Out on the nomination list for the Edgar Awards for best first novel (mystery genre). Kodansha International, who publishes these two, publishes Japanese fiction and books about Japanese culture. http: ...
In other news:
Abandoned Out by Natsuo Kirino. Too bleak for me right now. Nothing good or even pleasant happened to anyone in this book. They are calling this and Kirino's other books "feminist noir". I skipped ahead and read the ending and thought it was decidedly not feminist in this ...
... of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie. I hope I love it as much as so many other folks on LT did.
I abandoned Out by Natsuo Kirino. I read about 200 pages or so, but it was just too damned bleak for me to continue. I paged through and skimmed some things, then read the ending. I ...
Abandoned 2 - Out by Natsuo Kirino
This tale of working class women who help a friend by disposing of her husband's body after she killed him was just too bleak for me right now. It was well written, but literally nothing good happened to anyone. I read about 250 pages and skimmed the rest ...
Finished the wonderful and very Irish The Secret Scripture and began Out by Natsuo Kirino. So far it is keeping my attention.
I would recommend Out . Although a bit gruesome in places it gives a really interesting insight into Japanese culture (not that I've ever been there), and is really strong on character development.
You could well be right about not being supposed to like the characters in Real World, and ...
Arubabookwoman - I haven't read Out yet - I did want to read that first, but just came across a copy of Real World so read that instead. I've heard that Out is gory though.
... I had no sympathy for any of them, they were pretty unpleasant and it was difficult to excuse their behaviour. I liked Out a lot better.
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I have wanted to read Out for a while but I just happened to get hold of a copy of Real World first. Although I wasn't blown away by it, it was interesting enough for me to still want to read her other novels. I agree about the cover art - very dramatic.
I started Out by Natsuo Kirino last night and so far I am finding it very good. Very well written, the story has grabbed me and now, I can hardly wait to find out what happens next!
... Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow by Forrest Church
Out by Natsuo Kirino
The Widow's Children by Paula Fox
How to Read a Novel by John Sutherland
Wish You Were Here by Stewart O'Nan
Asleep by Ban ...
... I really enjoyed Sleepyhead quite a bit.
I also picked up Natsuo Kirino's Grotesque after being knocked out by Out . Hopefully I'll also read Chelsea Cain's Heartsick, which I've heard good stuff about. Hmm... that's more mystery than I usually read in a year. (Do all these ...
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... by Sylvia Townsend Warner - an Edwardian spinster meets the devil; a short, gentle tale. Best 50-cent-bin find ever!
Out by Natsuo Kirino - unique, brutal, bleak noir crime novel with a twist; really excellent
Fludd by Hilary Mantel - strange ecclesiastical happenings in the dour, ...
I've been wanting to read Out . I hope you post a review, I'd like to know your thoughts on it.
... of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
7. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
8. Room with a View by E.M Forster
9. Out by Natsuo Kirino
... I really enjoyed Katherine and Red Azalea. Natsuo Kirino is a Japanese author who writes very dark thrillers. I loved Out , although it isn't cheerful and is somewhat graphic (not more so than an American thriller, though).
If you tackle The Brothers Karamazov, I'll put it in my ReRead ...
LitClique,
Out was fantastic! I wouldn't class it as a horror novel, but it was such a great read.
I'm about a quarter of the way through Out by Natsuo Kirino. What's nuts is that it's not scary when I imagine it should be, like when there's murder and cooperative effort at dismemberment . . . !
Just finished: 42. Out by Natsuo Kirino
I loved the pace of this book. Once the story got going, the mystery really rushed headlong towards the conclusion. The women were very well-drawn, and I found myself absorbed by the problems that had them painted into impossible corners. My ...
... so much that I bought books 3, 4 and 5 in the series. I'm thoroughly enjoying these African tales.
In progress: Out by Natsuo Kirino
... splendides de Khaled Hosseini
11. Lunar Park de Bret Ellis Easton
12. Le Jeune Homme et la mort de Ruth Rendell
13. Out de Natsuo Kirino
14. L'Homme à l'envers de Fred Vargas
15. La Chute d'Albert Camus
16. Deux fois par semaine de Christine Orban
17. Delphine et son auteur ...
You may want to try Out by Natsuo Kirino ... this is a semi-graphic thriller, but it's set among the workers in a Japanese factory that makes box lunches and, IMHO, provided a fascinating look at modern working-class Japan.
Finally finished my book Out , so now I can start with my mind in peace on Dune.
I hardly ever read more than one novel at a time, so the book's imprint on my memory is as clear as I can get it.
Also ordered three more books so my TBR mount little, can grow. Here they are:
-Lord of the Ri ...
>2 Out stayed extremely dark through its whole length. Still, I feel I learned a lot about Japanese culture from it.
Many of Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder series are very dark, but I find I can't put them down.
I tried to read Out but the dismemberment scene did me in.
I'm finally starting on Dune by F Herbert later on tonight. I've finished Out by Natsuo Kirino yesterday night.
... jeune homme et la mort by Ruth Rendell
31. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
32. Book by Book by Michael Dirda
33. Out by Natsuo Kirino
34. The Brontë Project by Jennifer Vandever
... Brookner, another brilliant novel, this one about a quiet, unassuming woman and how she handles the crisis of her life; and Out by Natsuo Kirino, a dark, troubling, and at times gruesome mystery/thriller set in Tokyo about a group of four women who work together at a box-lunch factory and ...
... 3:
1. Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
2. Commentaries on the Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar
3. Out by Natsuo Kirino
I won't say that Dreamers of the Day is as good as The Sparrow, but it comes close and was a delightful read!
... After Dune and before Angels & Demons in, I'm going to read the Farseer trilogy.
But first let me finally finish Out by Natsuo Kirino!
I hope to finish Out by Natsuo Kirino this week, and plan to start on Dune by Frank Herbert.
So far Out is a lot of fun to read, especially if you're like me and into crime novels, amongst others.
16. Out by Natsuo Kirino. 8 stars. Well, I both loved and hated this book at various times while reading it, but all in all I'm glad I persevered and do think it deserves an 8/10. Some things I did not like: parts of it went on for a much longer time than necessary; she kept explaining ...
Finishing up (finally!) Out by Natsuo Kirino, which has picked up considerably since the 2/3 mark. In fact, it's gotten hard to put it down now. I hope the end merits my having managed to slog through it.
Edited to correct touchstone.
I could see myself going back to Out at some point this year, once I've read all the books in my TBR stack. I just finished Sayonara, Gangsters yesterday and I could see myself rereading that rather quickly, actually. It doesn't take very long and it's a very weird and entertaining read.
This was a list of other titles in the back of Snakes & Earrings
1. Out , Natsuo Kirino *read
2. Waiting, Ha Jin
3. The Key, Junichiro Tanizaki
4. Autobiography of a Geisha, Sayo Masuda
5. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami *read
6. Red ...
... of events, things, and places as being like a certain color. Why not books? Let's see, of the books I'm reading now: Out feels predominantly dark grey, with splashes of blood red and flat black, and The Journal of Dora Damage feels vermillion with streaks of cerulean blue and salmon pink.
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In the middle of Out by Natsuo Kirino.
Still reading Out by Natsuo Kirino which, though good, is difficult for me in that every one of the characters is unlikeable in one way or another, and even the mileu ~ modern-day Tokyo ~ is depressingly, unrelentingly squalid. Like I said, it's good ~ well-written with well-drawn characters and ...
I'm reading one now that seems like it might fit ~ Out by Natsuo Kirino. Four women who work the part-time night-shift in a boxed lunch-factory on the outskirts of Tokyo and who have banded together on the job to help each other keep up on the brutally hard assembly line find themselves ...
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I liked Out too. Though not a fan of murder stories, I thought this book was quite fun to read.
I'll be sure to pick up Grotesque by the same author if I come across it in my used book store.
Out is awesome.
I started reading Out by Natsuo Kirino last week for my bedtime read, which has led to some very strange dreams.
Then yesterday, I went to the library for a make-up tutoring session. After my student left, I wandered into the popular section and staggered out with about 12 books. When I got ...
I read Grotesque several months ago, in October I believe. It has very little in common with Out aside from a female cast of characters (very disturbed characters, rather than just troubled). The three or four main characters are quite interesting despite their absolute unlikeability. It's a ...
I've just finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (totally loved it), and am now going to start on Out by Natsuo Kirino. It's a re-read, and one of my favourites.
... I had a look at the reviews of Grotesque by Kirino but would still like to read it, so impressed I was with her Out . SqueakyChu, can you please let me know once you've read it how you liked it?
Here is the list I found in a few months' old Book Review on contemporary Japanese ...
... I probably won't have time to read it, though. :-(
Although not a fan of detective novels, I thoroughly enjoyed both Out by Natsuo Kirinoand Bangkok 8 by John Burdette. Burdette also put out two other books in the Bangkok series. My husband and I read Bangkok Tattoo and ...
Oh man Kell, Out was an incredible book! Hope you enjoy it!
Kell_Smurthwaite, I read Kirino's Out a few years ago, the epitome of Japanese noir and a real creep-fest that you won't soon forget.
Out is one of my favorite reads from last year, so I hope you enjoy it! A couple people named it as one of the most disturbing books that they've read, but I found it a fascinating glimpse at gender and society in Japan.
... natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.
Out by Natsuo Kirino (reading circle choice)
In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy ...
Now started reading Out by Natsuo Kirino:
In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. A young mother ...
... natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.
Out by Natsuo Kirino (reading circle choice)
In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy ...
... natural cycle of the year, the story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility.
Out by Natsuo Kirino (reading circle choice)
In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy ...
... but I'd consider my most disturbing read to be Deliverance by James Dickey.
Although I have to say that I loved Out by Natsuo Kirino, but from what I read a couple people found it disturbing enough to not even finish. I wasn't very bothered, for some reason. I think the best ...
... a way no other book had because of the incredibly personal viewpoint (particularly in the scene in the barn).
by the way Out: A novel was the ickiest book I've read in a while. I would have given up but it was for my online group.
... Knowledge part of LibraryThing. I added all those characters (and who they were). I hope that helps other readers of Out (which was a fun read, by the way).
The list of characters can be enhanced or corrected by others (...and printed out to place in a book).
Feel free to add a ...
... Lover's Club by Carole Matthews
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Of course, when it comes to it, I might not feel like one of them at the time, but right now, that's what I see myself picking up very shortly. I ...
Out . Coudn't finish it.
Geek Love is one of my all-time favourite books. (My username is a tribute.) It is disturbing, tho.
... that intimate with people willing to plan assasinations so they can preserve the status quo.
I also couldn't get through Out . Way too graphic. Hmmm, both by Japanese novelists.
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I'm still in Tokyo, too, with Natsuo Kirino's Out . Look for me there.
Isn't the cover art great for both books? It was what attracted to me to Out in the first place.
I'm still in Tokyo, Japan, with those four nasty women involved in murder. Yikes!
I'm reading Out by Natsua Kirino. :-)
... Nathan Englander's debut fiction, The Relief of Unbearable Urges, hoping it will be just as good.
I'm now reading Out by Natsuo Kirino and find the story a bit silly but enjoyable it nonetheless.
I'm also listening to the audio version of Marley & Me by John Grogan - a ...
#4 -- Congratulations on becoming a member. You'll find that Out is more about dismembers , though.
... book clubs. How frustrating is that?!
(...and which is why I had you join before I told you to go look for the Out discussion.) I'll see if I make it into this book in time. Most likely not. I missed The Liar's Club discussion entirely. I'm still trying to work my way through ...
I loved Out ! But I thought Grotesque was only so-so. I loved the first 2/3 of it, but then...I don't know...it just fizzled out or something.
I'll be joining The Reading Club to read Out by Natsuo Kirino in October.
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Out by Natsuo Kirino is a gritty novel about four women who work in a factory and how the pressures under which they live lead to murder. It was not what I pictured Tokyo to be. I liked how you got to go behind closed doors and look at daily lives of working women. It's a pretty good page-turn ...
41. Out by Natsuo Kirino
Loved this book, highly recommended! A gripping thriller / crime story that provides a fascinating look at the lives and roles of Japanese women. The translation seemed to be well done.
42. Pamela by Samuel Richardson
A bit long and tedious, but still ...
Just finished reading grotesque by Natsuo Kirino. I wanted to read it because I had so thoroughly enjoyed out . While this book was well written, I didn't find it as engaging as her previous work - these are the only two currently translated into english but apparently she has written ...
>100 Bookmarque: If you like Grotesque, you have to try Out as well. It's a great book, and I'm starting to think that Natsuo Kirino is one of the most unique writers working today.
>102. I have copies of Caspian Rain and Blood of Flowers. I'm looking forward to hearing your ...
... My friends became terribly concerned with my Seabuiscuit obsession. I have a literary shrine to this little horse!
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I could go on and on, which would only result in falling gracelessly off the wagon and heading for the nearest Barnes and Noble (let's see...30 ...
Currently reading Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino. It is great, very psychological, with a wicked narrator, quite unlike Out .
I loved Out ! I'd definitely describe it as disturbing, though.
Another good Japanese one is All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe. I liked Crossfire too, even though the whole pyrokinesis thing was vaguely silly.
... twist sort would be In The Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami. But it might not be to everyone's tastes.
I'd second Out by Kirino for the gore. There's also Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara, but I didn't particularly like it.
Suspense? Some Murakami perhaps - Hard boiled Wond ...
Wow, I just finished Out by Natsuo Kirino. That was an amazing book, so intense! I have absolutely no idea what to follow that one up with and I've got 8 or 9 books in my To Be Read Pile.
Has anyone else read Out ?
... (Michel Faber).
So far, I've sent out Tender at the Bone (Ruth Reichl), Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer), Out (Natsuo Kirino), What Was She Thinking? (Zoe Heller), The Widow of the South (Robert Hicks), and Real Thai: The Best of Thailand's Regional Cooking.
I've been ...
I just finished a book that might be the sort of thing you're looking for: Out by Natsuo Kirino. The main characters are four low to middle-class women who are each, in different ways, stuck in a life that isn't working out. The story is told from multiple points of view - mostly the four ...
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