Book guide
In the Miso Soup
Three nights in Tokyo’s underworld turn a guide’s suspicion into terror.
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About In the Miso Soup
Kenji is hired by Frank, an American tourist, to guide him through Tokyo’s nightlife just before New Year. Frank’s odd behaviour makes Kenji suspect he may be connected to a string of murders, pulling him into a savage psychological nightmare.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- animal-cruelty
- animal-death
- body-horror
- cannibalism
- death
- gore
- murder
- sexual-assault
- sexual-violence
- suicide-attempt
- torture
- violence
- adult-minor relationship
- misogyny
- sexual harassment
- blood
- vomiting
