diff --git a/src/main/java/org/simdjson/JsonValue.java b/src/main/java/org/simdjson/JsonValue.java
index ae254b9..279f55a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/simdjson/JsonValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/simdjson/JsonValue.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.simdjson;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public Iterator<JsonValue> arrayIterator() {
         return new ArrayIterator(tapeIdx);
     }
 
-    public Iterator<Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue>> objectIterator() {
+    public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> objectIterator() {
         return new ObjectIterator(tapeIdx);
     }
 
@@ -76,32 +77,34 @@ public boolean asBoolean() {
         return tape.getType(tapeIdx) == TRUE_VALUE;
     }
 
-    public CharSequence asCharSequence() {
-        return asCharSequence(tapeIdx);
+    public String asString() {
+        return getString(tapeIdx);
     }
 
-    private CharSequence asCharSequence(int idx) {
-        int stringBufferIdx = (int) tape.getValue(idx);
+    private String getString(int tapeIdx) {
+        int stringBufferIdx = (int) tape.getValue(tapeIdx);
         int len = IntegerUtils.toInt(stringBuffer, stringBufferIdx);
-        return new StringView(stringBufferIdx + Integer.BYTES, len);
+        return new String(stringBuffer, stringBufferIdx + Integer.BYTES, len, UTF_8);
     }
 
     public JsonValue get(String name) {
-        Iterator<Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue>> it = objectIterator();
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue> entry = it.next();
-            CharSequence key = entry.getKey();
-            if (CharSequence.compare(key, name) == 0) {
-                return entry.getValue();
+        byte[] bytes = name.getBytes(UTF_8);
+        int idx = tapeIdx + 1;
+        int endIdx = tape.getMatchingBraceIndex(tapeIdx) - 1;
+        while (idx < endIdx) {
+            int stringBufferIdx = (int) tape.getValue(idx);
+            int len = IntegerUtils.toInt(stringBuffer, stringBufferIdx);
+            int valIdx = tape.computeNextIndex(idx);
+            idx = tape.computeNextIndex(valIdx);
+            int stringBufferFromIdx = stringBufferIdx + Integer.BYTES;
+            int stringBufferToIdx = stringBufferFromIdx + len;
+            if (Arrays.compare(bytes, 0, bytes.length, stringBuffer, stringBufferFromIdx, stringBufferToIdx) == 0) {
+                return new JsonValue(tape, valIdx, stringBuffer, buffer);
             }
         }
         return null;
     }
 
-    public String asString() {
-        return asCharSequence().toString();
-    }
-
     public int getSize() {
         return tape.getScopeCount(tapeIdx);
     }
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ public String toString() {
                 return String.valueOf(asBoolean());
             }
             case STRING -> {
-                return asCharSequence().toString();
+                return asString();
             }
             case NULL_VALUE -> {
                 return "null";
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ public JsonValue next() {
         }
     }
 
-    private class ObjectIterator implements Iterator<Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue>> {
+    private class ObjectIterator implements Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> {
 
         private final int endIdx;
 
@@ -177,8 +180,8 @@ public boolean hasNext() {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue> next() {
-            CharSequence key = asCharSequence(idx);
+        public Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> next() {
+            String key = getString(idx);
             idx = tape.computeNextIndex(idx);
             JsonValue value = new JsonValue(tape, idx, stringBuffer, buffer);
             idx = tape.computeNextIndex(idx);
@@ -186,18 +189,18 @@ public Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue> next() {
         }
     }
 
-    private static class ObjectField implements Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue> {
+    private static class ObjectField implements Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> {
 
-        private final CharSequence key;
+        private final String key;
         private final JsonValue value;
 
-        ObjectField(CharSequence key, JsonValue value) {
+        ObjectField(String key, JsonValue value) {
             this.key = key;
             this.value = value;
         }
 
         @Override
-        public CharSequence getKey() {
+        public String getKey() {
             return key;
         }
 
@@ -211,35 +214,4 @@ public JsonValue setValue(JsonValue value) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Object fields are immutable");
         }
     }
-
-    private class StringView implements CharSequence {
-
-        private final int startIdx;
-        private final int len;
-
-        StringView(int startIdx, int len) {
-            this.startIdx = startIdx;
-            this.len = len;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int length() {
-            return len;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public char charAt(int index) {
-            return (char) stringBuffer[startIdx + index];
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
-            return new StringView(startIdx + start, startIdx + end);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return new String(stringBuffer, startIdx, len, UTF_8);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/simdjson/JsonValueAssert.java b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/JsonValueAssert.java
index 078c09d..6c8bf66 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/simdjson/JsonValueAssert.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/JsonValueAssert.java
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import org.assertj.core.api.AbstractAssert;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 
-import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
-
 class JsonValueAssert extends AbstractAssert<JsonValueAssert, JsonValue> {
 
     JsonValueAssert(JsonValue actual) {
@@ -36,12 +34,6 @@ JsonValueAssert isEqualTo(String expected) {
                 .withFailMessage("Expecting value to be string but was " + getActualType())
                 .isTrue();
         Assertions.assertThat(actual.asString()).isEqualTo(expected);
-        CharSequence cs = actual.asCharSequence();
-        byte[] bytesExpected = expected.getBytes(UTF_8);
-        Assertions.assertThat(cs.length()).isEqualTo(bytesExpected.length);
-        for (int i = 0; i < cs.length(); i++) {
-            Assertions.assertThat((byte) cs.charAt(i)).isEqualTo(bytesExpected[i]);
-        }
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/simdjson/ObjectParsingTest.java b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/ObjectParsingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c08f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/ObjectParsingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package org.simdjson;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.simdjson.JsonValueAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.simdjson.StringUtils.toUtf8;
+
+public class ObjectParsingTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void emptyObject() {
+        // given
+        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
+        byte[] json = toUtf8("{}");
+
+        // when
+        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
+        Iterator<JsonValue> it = jsonValue.arrayIterator();
+        assertThat(it.hasNext()).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void objectIterator() {
+        // given
+        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
+        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2, \"c\": 3}");
+
+        // when
+        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
+        String[] expectedKeys = new String[]{"a", "b", "c"};
+        int[] expectedValue = new int[]{1, 2, 3};
+        int counter = 0;
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> it = jsonValue.objectIterator();
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> field = it.next();
+            assertThat(field.getKey()).isEqualTo(expectedKeys[counter]);
+            assertThat(field.getValue()).isEqualTo(expectedValue[counter]);
+            counter++;
+        }
+        assertThat(counter).isEqualTo(expectedKeys.length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void objectSize() {
+        // given
+        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
+        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"1\": 1, \"2\": 1, \"3\": 1}");
+
+        // when
+        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(jsonValue.getSize()).isEqualTo(3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void fieldNamesWithNonAsciiCharacters() {
+        // given
+        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
+        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"ąćśńźż\": 1, \"\\u20A9\\u0E3F\": 2, \"αβγ\": 3, \"😀abc😀\": 4}");
+
+        // when
+        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("ąćśńźż")).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("\u20A9\u0E3F")).isEqualTo(2);
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("αβγ")).isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("😀abc😀")).isEqualTo(4);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void nonexistentField() {
+        // given
+        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
+        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"ąćśńźż\": 1, \"\\u20A9\\u0E3F\": 2, \"αβγ\": 3}");
+
+        // when
+        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("acsnz")).isNull();
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("\\u20A9\\u0E3F")).isNull();
+        assertThat(jsonValue.get("αβ")).isNull();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/simdjson/SimdJsonParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/SimdJsonParserTest.java
index 97a2316..7dabf71 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/simdjson/SimdJsonParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/simdjson/SimdJsonParserTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
@@ -33,24 +32,6 @@ public void testEmptyArray() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testEmptyObject() {
-        // given
-        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
-        byte[] json = toUtf8("{}");
-
-        // when 
-        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
-
-        // then
-        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
-        Iterator<JsonValue> it = jsonValue.arrayIterator();
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            fail("Unexpected field");
-            it.next();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testArrayIterator() {
         // given
@@ -74,31 +55,6 @@ public void testArrayIterator() {
         assertThat(counter).isEqualTo(expectedValues.length);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testObjectIterator() {
-        // given
-        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
-        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2, \"c\": 3}");
-
-        // when
-        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
-
-        // then
-        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
-        String[] expectedKeys = new String[]{"a", "b", "c"};
-        int[] expectedValue = new int[]{1, 2, 3};
-        int counter = 0;
-        Iterator<Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue>> it = jsonValue.objectIterator();
-        while (it.hasNext()) {
-            Map.Entry<CharSequence, JsonValue> field = it.next();
-            CharSequence key = field.getKey();
-            assertThat(key).usingComparator(CharSequence::compare).isEqualTo(expectedKeys[counter]);
-            assertThat(field.getValue()).isEqualTo(expectedValue[counter]);
-            counter++;
-        }
-        assertThat(counter).isEqualTo(expectedKeys.length);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testBooleanValues() {
         // given
@@ -313,20 +269,6 @@ public void testArraySize() {
         assertThat(jsonValue.getSize()).isEqualTo(3);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testObjectSize() {
-        // given
-        SimdJsonParser parser = new SimdJsonParser();
-        byte[] json = toUtf8("{\"1\":1,\"2\":1,\"3\":1}");
-
-        // when
-        JsonValue jsonValue = parser.parse(json, json.length);
-
-        // then
-        assertThat(jsonValue.isObject()).isTrue();
-        assertThat(jsonValue.getSize()).isEqualTo(3);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testLargeArraySize() {
         // given