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. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.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. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely.
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