[A Unique Heartbreak Novel] Sayoko Kobayashi's New Book "Everyone is Bad at Loving" to be Released on May 20th! Buzzing as "Deeply Piercing!"
Author Sayoko Kobayashi's third novel, "Everyone is Bad at Loving," will be released on May 20th. Exploring the themes of Reiwa-era college students and SNS, the heartbreak novel is drawing massive empathy from early readers.
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Author Sayoko Kobayashi, widely discussed for her piercing expressions that deeply resonate with readers' hearts in works like "To You Who Was an Idol" and "Probably We Are the Strongest for Life", will release her unique heartbreak novel "Everyone is Bad at Loving" on May 20th, featuring a college student living in the Reiwa era as the protagonist.
In 2015, Sayoko Kobayashi won the Reader's Award of the "R-18 Literature Prize by Women for Women" with "Go to Hell, Underground Idol" and debuted with the book of the same name including the winning work (later retitled and published in paperback as "To You Who Was an Idol"). Her second work, "Probably We Are the Strongest for Life," also evoked empathy from many readers and became a hot topic. She is currently the most talked-about author known for her "piercing" style.
Her third new book, "Everyone is Bad at Loving," is a unique "heartbreak novel" themed around college students living in the Reiwa era and SNS. It has already become a hot topic for its high level of relatability, receiving passionate feedback such as "You absolutely want to talk about it after reading," "It's full of life-sized empathy like listening to a friend's love story at a family restaurant," and "It's like watching a reality dating show." Please look forward to it.
Author's Comment
"I have always wanted to write a novel themed around 'Youth and the Internet'. Looking back, since I was about a junior high school student, it was natural to post my daily life online, and my friendships were formed by combining both my real-life face and my online face (at the time, having a personal homepage was popular). I hope you enjoy the ordinary, yet earnest youth of college students who coexist with the internet in this way."
Book Content Introduction
Saying "I like you" to her is harder than getting 1,000 "Likes!". Jinta is a college freshman, born in Tokyo and raised on subscriptions, who hasn't yet found something he likes enough to bet his life on. Raised without any inconvenience surrounded by affectionate parents, an honors student older sister, and an overly intense but lovable childhood friend, he even has good friends at college. But for some reason, only his romantic life doesn't go well. What on earth is the cause of this? A painfully fresh, one-of-a-kind heartbreak novel!
Author Introduction: Sayoko Kobayashi
Debuted in 2015...
In 2015, Sayoko Kobayashi won the Reader's Award of the "R-18 Literature Prize by Women for Women" with "Go to Hell, Underground Idol" and debuted with the book of the same name including the winning work (later retitled and published in paperback as "To You Who Was an Idol"). Her second work, "Probably We Are the Strongest for Life," also evoked empathy from many readers and became a hot topic. She is currently the most talked-about author known for her "piercing" style.
Her third new book, "Everyone is Bad at Loving," is a unique "heartbreak novel" themed around college students living in the Reiwa era and SNS. It has already become a hot topic for its high level of relatability, receiving passionate feedback such as "You absolutely want to talk about it after reading," "It's full of life-sized empathy like listening to a friend's love story at a family restaurant," and "It's like watching a reality dating show." Please look forward to it.
Author's Comment
"I have always wanted to write a novel themed around 'Youth and the Internet'. Looking back, since I was about a junior high school student, it was natural to post my daily life online, and my friendships were formed by combining both my real-life face and my online face (at the time, having a personal homepage was popular). I hope you enjoy the ordinary, yet earnest youth of college students who coexist with the internet in this way."
Book Content Introduction
Saying "I like you" to her is harder than getting 1,000 "Likes!". Jinta is a college freshman, born in Tokyo and raised on subscriptions, who hasn't yet found something he likes enough to bet his life on. Raised without any inconvenience surrounded by affectionate parents, an honors student older sister, and an overly intense but lovable childhood friend, he even has good friends at college. But for some reason, only his romantic life doesn't go well. What on earth is the cause of this? A painfully fresh, one-of-a-kind heartbreak novel!
Author Introduction: Sayoko Kobayashi
Debuted in 2015...