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Stupeur et tremblements by Amélie Nothomb
3.0

This is a short and easy-to-read satire of a young Belgian woman who starts her first job at a Japanese multinational in Tokyo. I found the protagonist's highly hierarchical and toxic work environment experiences hilarious, especially due to how surrealist and extreme it all becomes. This is not a book that will teach you anything about Japanese society, especially as it was written from a European perspective, and some aspects of how Japanese characters are described can be prejudicial. However, as a light read about the experiences of a young European woman abroad, dealing with culture shocks and navigating her first job, this is a quite amusing book.