Harare Review of Books

Thank you to #NetGalley and to the Publisher, Yen Press, for this ARC.

224 pages.

First published in 2021.

Finished reading on 19 March 2021.

Genre: Science Fiction

All Hiroto has ever known is a life on a tiny coastal speck of Japan. Much of the country has been swallowed by Yokohama Station, a mysterious, ever-growing series of buildings that’s been around for as long as anyone can remember. The few who live outside its many entrances have never seen Inside and know only rumors and legends of the station’s interior. That all changes when Hiroto is given an 18 Ticket, a mysterious item that lets him enter the massive complex for five days. The young man has always sought a purpose, but the one he finds may not be the sort he’d hoped for…

A light dystopia, set in a future Japan. What a fun read! I couldn’t put it down. Read it if you like sci-fi; can also be read by teens, if yours is into that kind of thing. Lots of fun characters (human, and other) and ideas.

Rated: High 8/10 🙂 Some concepts were truly beyond me, but still fun.

My tags: Science fiction, adventure, artificial intelligence