"I want to destroy things. Above all I want to destroy myself."
So in the latter part of the story, the MC joins a group in which every member vows to destroy something, and in turn tear the society down piece by piece, I love it instantly.
3 stars are for the potential of the story and the concept and me being generous once in a blue moon.
The first 2/3 of the story is just a nameless narrator moping about the meaningless of the modern Japanese society, the boring social rules, his pointless college life, and the pointlessness of life and existence in general. This part of the story and the MC's tone reads like a Haruki Marukami's early novels but without the latter's great sense of humor and light-heartedness, or Ryu Marukami's Old Terrorists but without Mr. Marukami's hard boiled attitude and keen observation on the Japanese society and its problems.
The last 1/3 of the story is more exciting once the rebellion/terror attacks (depends on how you see things).........but to be frank this part of the story is a Fight Club ripoff, even down to the final plot twist , although I do love the author's way to imagine how the rebellion of the young people works and their underground groups (loosely organized through internet) but once I think about Fight Club and its brilliance, I just can't put this novel to be too high a place.
PS: this book was first published at 2018, it makes me wonder had the social unrest among many Asian countries in the recent years been possibly helped inspiring this story?
PSS: but at least I'm glad this time there are women among the rebels, unlike the boy club style of group in Fight Club.