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Johan Gabrielsen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
511 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

So the first book, half of the book, is about the boob job.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And it's all about the intricacies and the kind of stories related to her sister who comes to Tokyo, who wants to have this thing done.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

But the second book, the second half of the book, is more about this woman who wants to have a child.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And she goes on to a quest trying to figure out how to do it.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

Because in Japan, as in a lot of other countries, if you're a single woman and you want a child, it's very hard.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

It's very complicated.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

But she also always asks the question, why do I need a child?

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

Why do I want a child?

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And she asks around her friends to get advice.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And some people that she gets advice from said, you're selfish.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

You're a single person.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

Why bring children?

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

a child into this cruel world and haven't you had suffered enough in your life with poverty and all that stuff?

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

I won't say if she gets a child or not, but I find it a bit strange, though, when I read it, that if all this kind of research that she does...

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

It's not like she learned something or that she can contemplate the information that she gets on this quest.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

It's almost like a blank page.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And you say, but God, didn't you listen to what that person just said?

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

And because then she goes again and asking the same questions.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

So it feels almost likely repetitive.

The Bookshelf
Hello Kitty with unshaved armpits (and other bookish insights)

That was my almost my only criticism against the book, because I think