While there are sex scenes in the book, it is not gratuitous sex. It can be dark and depressing one moment to light-hearted and fun the next. This is not the type of story I generally read and yet I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is I want more of the story I wish the story went beyond the ending we got in the book-Haru was only just starting to look at the bigger picture and the issue of the demon lord. Haru's brutally honest thoughts about said individuals and her experiences make up what humor there is in the book.
The story is focused on her wanting to do her job well and rise to the top 5 girls at the brothel and to do that she must cater to all kinds of men: from inexperienced, to kind, to strange, to cruel, to mysterious. Haru is a strong-willed female lead with great narrative voice. But if you can get past that, I wholeheartedly recommend reading this book but for mature readers only. I have just one word of warning: if rape scenes trigger you, then you should probably not read JK Haru. While the book won't be for everyone, I hope to convince you to give it a try. I don't generally write reviews, but I felt it was necessary for this book as I suspect many will judge it by the title or the subject matter and pass it over. But if you want to see the seedy side of the isekai genre or even just a more realistic (for a given value of the word) take on it, this is a game changer.
It isn't for everyone, and it comes with all the trigger warnings for sexual assault. By the three-quarters mark, Haru has snapped, and it's both a relief and a horror to see, the sort of cathartic revenge that reminds you of Ntozake Shange's poem "with no immediate cause." Haru has done her time as a victim, and frankly the world should watch out. She talks big and tries to make it sound like she's not bothered by her profession, but every so often her mask slips, and we can see that she's been a survivor for a long, long time and has convinced herself that she's okay with being sexually brutalized. Because there aren't many options open to women (pretty much none, actually), and because she got tricked into being an escort as a middle schooler, Haru ends up going into prostitution, and determines to make the best of it.Įither Ko Hiratori has experience in the field or they did excellent research, because Haru's experiences ring true.
That would be Chiba, but the catch is that while he became powerful and was able to immediately take on quests as an adventurer, the girl who died with him, Haru, finds herself stranded in a medieval, misogynist hellhole. The story is essentially calling out basic isekai tales, specifically ones about nerdy boys who get summoned or reborn in another world. I'm torn between a three and a four here, because while I'm not sure I really enjoyed the book, I really appreciate what it does.
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