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Last Stop Tokyo by James Buckler
Jul. 23rd, 2017 11:36 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
The funny thing with suffering is that, just when you think you’ve suffered enough, you realise it’s only just beginning.
Alex thought running away would make everything better. Six thousand miles from the mistakes he’s made and the people he’s hurt, Tokyo seems like the perfect escape. A new life, a new Alex.
The bright lights and dark corners of this alien and fascinating city intoxicate him, and he finds himself transfixed by this country, which feels like a puzzle that no one can quite explain. But when Alex meets the enigmatic and alluring Naoko, the peace he sought slips ever further from his grasp.
After all, trust is just betrayal waiting to happen, and Alex is about to find out that there’s no such thing as rock bottom. There’s always the chance things will get worse …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
James Buckler’s debut literary thriller is a disappointing and contrived affair with a main character who doesn’t get any agency until the final quarter (at which point his actions made him unsympathetic) while Naoko is such an over-reacting lunatic that I wondered what Alex saw in her while I didn’t feel as if there was much insight into Tokyo or its inhabitants that I wouldn’t get from a tourist book.
LAST STOP TOKYO will be released in the United Kingdom on 24th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Alex thought running away would make everything better. Six thousand miles from the mistakes he’s made and the people he’s hurt, Tokyo seems like the perfect escape. A new life, a new Alex.
The bright lights and dark corners of this alien and fascinating city intoxicate him, and he finds himself transfixed by this country, which feels like a puzzle that no one can quite explain. But when Alex meets the enigmatic and alluring Naoko, the peace he sought slips ever further from his grasp.
After all, trust is just betrayal waiting to happen, and Alex is about to find out that there’s no such thing as rock bottom. There’s always the chance things will get worse …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
James Buckler’s debut literary thriller is a disappointing and contrived affair with a main character who doesn’t get any agency until the final quarter (at which point his actions made him unsympathetic) while Naoko is such an over-reacting lunatic that I wondered what Alex saw in her while I didn’t feel as if there was much insight into Tokyo or its inhabitants that I wouldn’t get from a tourist book.
LAST STOP TOKYO will be released in the United Kingdom on 24th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
