What readers think of Sisters in Yellow, plus links to write your own review.

What an interesting book hailed as Japanese noir - anything noir to me is a must read. And this turned out to be a very good read too. Hana Ito finds an article on the web about Kimiko Yoshikawa, someone she lived with 20 years ago. Kimiko is accused of "blackmail, abduction and battery." Kimiko is the woman with whom Hana set up a bar, Lemon, along with two other women. While set in 2019 during COVID, the book goes back in time to the 1990s when these women lived together. These women are bound by friendship and a death.

This book explores female friendships and how it can be undermined. The chilling revelations of the past soon appear and it's time to pay the piper. I liked Hana and her struggles are foremost in the book. Whoever are treated to the issues for the others, these characters are not as fully fleshed out - I would have liked to know more. Still this doesn't affect the read.

I'd like to thank NetGalley and Knopf for allowing me to read this ARC.