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Violence
Some
Moderate; dystopian violence including the truth of how the society maintains control
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological horror of discovering the foundations of your entire world are built on atrocity
What this book is about
Yusuke Kishi's celebrated Japanese dystopian novel — translated by Alexander O. Smith — follows Saki and her friends as they grow up in a seemingly utopian society where all humans have psychic abilities. As they come of age, they discover the horrifying truth of what their civilization did to achieve this peace and what it continues to do to maintain it. A landmark of Japanese speculative fiction.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Dystopian dark themes
Mature content including LGBTQ+ relationships
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