Great book - Rated 
I got this cos it was on sale at amazon and it was fantastic.
Very different than i usually read and easy to follow.
Not a must-read but was good all the same.
Amazing story! I want to read more! - Rated 
I'm not usually one for horror stories...actually, I don't read very many books at all. I went against the 'never judge a book by it's cover' rule, which is precisly the reason I bought this book in the first place. As I tend to read in small amounts at I time, I was expecting it to last me months before I got through the 520 pages, but I bought it Friday afternoon and by Sunday afternoon, I'd read every page. Thus I've ended up on Amazon; to write a review and to buy more by this amazing author.
One thing I enjoyed is that you get to know each character so well, it focuses on mant aspects of their life; their feelings, jobs, past, house, belongings, friends, fears and secret lust. You see so many sides of the characters.
Though, in my opinion, the story is fairly slow paced, this is definately not negative. The book goes into so much exciting, interesting detail that even the more laid back parts of the story made me unable to put the book down. The whole story left me with mixed emotions and it was quite easy to feel sorry for characters you would not expect to synpathise with in a murder story.
I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys exciting stories, as long as they don't mind the rather sickening plot & gorey details (which, in my opinion, made the book far more interesting).
Don't start unless you have time to finish - Rated
Even when you have finished this book, it stays with you and you find yourself thinking about it at odd times. This is strangely disturbing given the subject matter (which many have already outlined, so I won't repeat). The relationship between the 4 main women is beautifully drawn, both before and after the impact of what they have done together. The reader is curiously sympathetic to all the main characters, which is unusual in a thriller/murder story.
Initially I was worried that the Japanese names and setting would be confusing and I wouldn't be able to engage with the story, but after a handful of pages, I was completely immersed in the book. Not only was I not confused, but I relished the descriptions of everyday life in Japan - not something we in the West tend to be aware of.
I understand this is Natsuo Kirino's first book to be translated into English - I will certainly be keeping an eye out for anymore.
excellent book - Rated
i had seen this book in the book shop for ages but never fancied it then when it was on special offer on amazon i decided to buy it, i am so pleased i did what a great book, after you get used to the characters i can assure you that you wont put it down, it is so different and i recon it would make one hell of a good film.
just buy sit and enjoy one of the best reads ive had in ages
A surprisingly good read! - Rated
I found this book for a sale in an airport bookshop when it first came out and having read the back of it, I thought it would be worth £1.50 of anyone's money. I wasn't expecting it to be particularly brilliant, more of a timefiller for the plane. I thought the shop didn't have much faith either in it as it was so cheap! But I couldn't have been more wrong! I found it a little irritating in the beginning due to the poor grammer and badly formed sentences, but its a translation so I guess its to be expected to some extent. After a while your brain allows to you stop re-writting the sentences and actually enjoy the story. I throughly enjoyed it and found it to be a real page turner - I would definately recommend it! Its certianly memorable and an unusual read, I've certainly never read anything like this before. I won't go into all the detail about it as it will spoil the story - the back of the book does that a little which is a shame, but there is plenty there to keep you intrigued.
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