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September 17, 2008

Book - Yakuza Moon by Shoko Tendo


This book was easy to read and strangely engaging for me. I read about half of it in one seating and finished the rest by the next day.

Though not extremely well written, even admitted by the author herself, the simple language makes it easy to read. The story iss probably representative of what a lot of gangs in different countries face. But maybe because of the beautiful image of Japan that many of us have, it's hard to believe this side of their country. And more sadly for this author, who was so badly abused physically and sexually. I've heard of this side of Japanese men before and it's not a nice feeling to actually read true encounters. It all seems so "two-faced".

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