The Strength to Live Life on Your Own Terms [Baba Yaga's Night] [Book Review]

I read the book that everyone is talking about right now.

[Baba Yaga's Night]

My book reviews aren't about summarizing the content, but rather writing down whatever thoughts come to mind as I feel them.

What is strength, I wonder?

[The violent strength to subdue even an opponent known to be overwhelmingly stronger]

[The strength to tenaciously believe in your dreams and do what needs to be done now]

[The strength of intellect and luck to survive even within a large organization]

[The strength to live for the sake of getting through daily life, maintaining that routine for decades]

[The strength to live on for decades, fueled by your own desires like a grudge]

[The strength to think only of yourself and not hesitate to use your family for your own sake]

[The strength to keep acting simply because you wanted to help]

I feel that everyone possesses some kind of [strength].
Even things that might look like "isn't that just selfish?" from the outside can be considered [strength] if you can carry them out regardless of what others think, and being able to act for the sake of others, thinking "aren't you being too considerate at all times?" is also [strength].

[Strength] can be used for both good and bad, but I personally want the kind of [strength] that allows me to take action.

In the context of this book,I really think the protagonist's overwhelming strength and ability to take action are [great, so cool].I think.

Women can never be strong in a masculine underworld, but if they keep holding onto the strength within themselves, they can even subdue an overwhelmingly strong opponent.
Even if there is a price to pay,when a woman who is thought by those around her to be weak and powerless actually possesses a core of strength, that is also [so cool, so great].

Yes, I admire cool women.

Readers of this article might be wondering, what am I talking about? (Naturally)
I am reviewing a book. In my own way (just adding 'in my own way' doesn't make it good).

[A cool woman]

[Full of speed]

[Surviving]

[Or so you think]

[A chemical reaction caused by people who have never met before]

[Wait? I was being deceived!]

[When that happens, I find myself flipping back a few pages]

[Feeling happy that I was deceived myself (that's weird)]

[My ability to imagine violent scenes in my head keeps getting better]

[If it were live-action, I wouldn't watch those scenes, but I can imagine them]

[Thinking about things like that, I'm already in the final stretch]

[...Sob... so that's how it ends...]

This is [Baba Yaga's Night].(I'm going to get in trouble for this)

It is a book with many violent depictions, and the deaths are by no means all pretty, but I was captivated by its 'strength,' and rather than just being curious about what happens next, I felt likemy brain was automatically following the story, and I ended up reading it all in a few hours.
Personally, I think the ending feels realistic, and while I was curious about what would happen after, there was also something 'nice' about the sadness of it.

The story has an exquisite blend of realistic parts and moments where you think, 'There's no way that would happen,' and it made me curious about what the author, Sho Oya's, other works are like, so I want to read them.

This was a [Book Review].
Thank you for reading until the end.
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