Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them ..., Yoru Sumino
Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them ..., Yoru Sumino
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Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed (Light Novel)

Author: Yoru Sumino

Narrator: Courtney Lin

Unabridged: 11 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/12/2024


Synopsis

The Person They Love is Just A FacadeSeventeen-year-old Akane has everything she could ever want: friends, a boyfriend, and an all-round perfect life. No one knows that her every move is a calculated performance, dictated by a compulsive need to be liked. Her flawless act is disrupted when she meets a man named Ai, who looks and sounds exactly like the protagonist of Akane's favorite novel. Can this be a coincidence? And if not, what does it mean? From Yoru Sumino, bestselling author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, comes this ensemble drama of fragile hearts and intersecting fates.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on November 21, 2024

The book took a little while to ramp up, but once we really saw the interplay between Akane and Julia (mostly - but Ai as well, particularly later in the story) and the snippets we learn about Girl’s March, it just felt very… cutting but in a quiet way. And Julia and Akane make such good mirrors of......more

Goodreads review by lucia on January 13, 2025

Suica Cards und Smoking Areas, fühlt sich so an als hätte ich Japan gar nicht verlassen @fey 🫶🫶......more

Goodreads review by Casey on February 11, 2025

Probably my second favorite Sumino. It would take a lot to displace _I Want to Eat Your Pancreas_ for me. While I don't feel I was anyone in particular in the book, I feel like aspects of the book and characters were things I could relate to. Having just finished it moments ago I am still processing......more

Goodreads review by Renmarent on April 08, 2025

Not a perfect story, from a technical standpoint it struggles with pacing and trying to highlight too many perspectives at once, but the emotional core makes up for it. In my mind, this is what a Light Novel should be and I can totally see it affecting someone the way "Girl's March" affects Akane. A......more

Goodreads review by Don on January 29, 2025

Another great story by Yoru Sumino!......more