7/3/2023 0 Comments The graveyard apartment![]() This book is written by a Japanese author and based in Japan (translated by Deborah Boem) so obviously a lot of the practises and attitudes surrounding graveyards and death is relevant to the country. So, what’s it all about? The Graveyard Apartment follows the experiences of a family who end up buying a top floor apartment – that overlooks a temple and graveyard. Books rarely do that to me – only the best ones. By the end of the 325 page novel, I felt like I was letting go of friends. ![]() Misao, more than anything, was a gem of a character and I loved “being in her head” during the story and experiencing what she experienced. ![]() The family in The Graveyard Apartment – Misao (mother), Teppei (father) Tamao (daughter) and Cookie the dog – all felt so real, so relatable, and I couldn’t help but feel personally involved in their plight. It is a story that captures the horror of what it means to be haunted by something other-worldly – yet at the same time, it also tells a beautiful story of the lives and relationships of one family as they seek to survive the most unusual of circumstances. This story somehow managed to capture everything I love about the “haunted house” genre yet turned it into something unique. It’s only the beginning of 2020, yet I feel confident when I say that The Graveyard Apartment, by Mariko Koike, is probably going to end up being one of my best reads of the year. ![]()
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