A man can't want everything: "Dream of the Beast"

There are so many dark suspense novels in Japan, and what attracts me to Kirino Natsuo's work is its "realism" and "ruthlessness". Since reading "OUT", "Kirino-style human nature" has become a work guarantee trademark.

Compared with the Chinese title which means "the dream of the beast", the literal translation of the Japanese title is "monkey's dream", which is more apt to the "four monkeys" mentioned in the story (see no evil, listen no evil, speak no evil, do not move evil The four monkeys), originally intended to alert the world, and also satirize the family male lead Boi's lust for different women, which is the secret desire that occurs in the hearts of men in general.

The middle-aged male protagonist Bojing, who began to plan for retirement, has a mediocre and cowardly personality and knows how to steer the rudder. In terms of personal life, the burden of taking care of the sick mother is left on the younger sister. After the death of the mother, the dispute with the younger sister's family over the inheritance and land continued. Cheers to the company's female secretary. This kind of male protagonist, who is centered on his own desires and wants to take all the benefits, sees people (especially women) with itchy teeth, as if seeing some annoying relative, but also has a kind of "although very low but not Can't understand what he's thinking", because almost everyone has this kind of greed at some point.

There is no murder or death plot in the story, and there are no unsolvable mysteries, but watching the male protagonist being chased and bound by his own sins in family and interpersonal relationships, there is a thrilling thrill, and people follow him to repeat mistakes. Constantly shaking his head and rolling his eyes. Almost everyone around the hero sees through the hero's self-interested mentality. The reaction of his wife, mistress, and sister is almost ideal, but it makes people feel that "if my family has this kind of virtue, I will also/want to do it".

Yui Chuanhui wrote in "Crossing Her Shoulders and Seeing Lovers":

 This one wants, that one wants too. This is not to be loyal to one's own desires, but to be controlled by desires.
To be true to one's own desires is to want nothing but that one.

Recommendation: ★★★★★★