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by Ryū Murakami
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BKHorne
BKHorne rated it 13 years ago
I rushed through the beginning of this book, super engaged, then somewhere right at the end I just lost interest. I think the explicit violence and gore turned me off, which is a bit strange because I normally don't have a problem with violence in books. I just couldn't figure out where the narrator...
sonjbean
sonjbean rated it 13 years ago
this book is so completely fucked up and creepy. it's also impossible to put down!
Bark at the Ghouls
Bark at the Ghouls rated it 13 years ago
tbr
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!"
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!" rated it 13 years ago
Let me be honest. I had no idea what I was getting myself into with this book. I didn't really have any expectations going into it, which turned out to be a very great thing.On the surface this book is about Kenji, a tour guide of Tokyo's sleazy nightlife. His customer, Frank, is an American tourist...
thebookcoop
thebookcoop rated it 14 years ago
Hmm 3.5 stars. I'm not sure I was entirely in the mood for this. I might want to read more from this author as a kind of rainy day back-up as all his books seem to be fairly short. It wasn't that it was gross or violent, it was just that it lacked depth. I've been down into the sex world of Japan be...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 15 years ago
Reading this novel is like going to McDonald, buying a Big Mac and finding a severed eyeball under the bun....Then putting the bun back on and eating it, eyeball and all. What starts out as a sleazy, guilty pleasure of a pulp novel about an American tourist and his guide visiting the Tokyo pleasure ...
wbebout
wbebout rated it 15 years ago
I enjoyed reading this book as it was psychologically stimulating and allowed you to see through the story tellers eyes. What I don't get is why everyone posts that it is so horrifying or evil. I'll admit that Frank is a hair disturbing but not so that I would label this book as one of the most ho...
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