The Woman in the Purple Skirt

Natsuko Imamura's The Woman In The Purple Skirt is gripping enough that I read it in a single sitting today. Starting off quirky but always unsettling (it's a book about obsession after all), it gets progressively darker as it continues, but not without a certain dry sense of humour throughout. Really enjoyed this!

I picked this up on a whim thinking it sounded interesting and I was not at all disappointed. It was different from anything else I typically read and I really enjoyed it. 

When I read a book (or watch a movie/tv show) about a stalker, it tends to be about sexual attraction, ex lovers, etc. This one was just about The (lonely) Woman in the Yellow Cardigan obsessing over how much she wanted to be The Woman in the Purple Skirt's friend. It was kind of sweet in that way. Well, as sweet as a story about a stalker can be. Although, the book wasn't really about The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. We don't even get many details about her, we mostly get information about The Woman in the Purple Skirt, as if the book is just about her and The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan is simply a subjective narrator. A great quick read!

3.5⭐️