Overview
- Hooked is out in English on March 12, translated by Polly Barton and published by 4th Estate.
- The release builds on Yuzuki’s breakout Butter, which sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK and nearly 1.5 million worldwide.
- The story follows Eriko, a lonely high achiever who fixates on blogger Shoko and insinuates herself into her life.
- Reviewers highlight themes of modern isolation, toxic female friendship, and the monetisation of domestic life through wife‑blogging, told in alternating third‑person perspectives.
- Critics are divided, with praise for the premise and tension, and complaints about repetitive metaphors, tell‑over‑show prose, and slack pacing; PerthNow gives it 3.5/5.