Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence.
The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies.
Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever.
But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror?
I read this as a buddy read with my pal Kath, it’s been on my shelf for a little while now so I was happy to dive in.
What a powerful and sad book. This is a story of some really nasty brutal bullying of the main character (whos real name is never said) ‘Eyes’, and Kojima (who they nickname Hazmat), by a bunch of 14 year olds at school. Reading those parts was awful, the torture the 2 kids endured throughout was horrific, and the ending was so bad. I had to make myself read through the ‘football’ part, to me was worse than the last part.
There was some very touching parts too, I really loved the scene with ‘the hair’, the friendship between ‘Eyes’ and Kojima was such a love thing.
I’ll definitely read more of Kawakami’s work.
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