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“Gory - more so than I expected. Bit still a good book. Fast, shocking, well written.”
jayne r wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“a product of library destiny. very cool, very strange book.”
katy m wrote this review Monday, July 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Extremely bizarre, violent and perverse. I was so absorbed by Kiku's quest for DATURA that I had to keep reading. Makes me want to read more of Ryu Murakami's books. ”
Jaclyn T wrote this review Friday, March 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A great book by Ryu Murakami. Coin Locker Babies depicts both surreal and realistic stories in image of the main characters Kiku and Hashi accordingly. A great book to start-off on Ryu Murakami obsession.”
twoleggedcoffeedrinker wrote this review Tuesday, December 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“pole vaulting, crocodiles and DATURA!
mundivagant wrote this review Thursday, December 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
a truly f*cking fantastic original for
a change, not merely a recent read”
“madness with a pinch of a taking over the world ambitions, releasing everyone's nightmares into the open.
Sonia V wrote this review Monday, December 3 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
brilliant read.”
“Heartbreaking”
Jamalyn R wrote this review Monday, October 29 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Not a book I read in 2007, but still my favorite of Ryu Murakami's books. It's more Japanese than so many other things I could name or have read--absolutely loved it, and I have been a fan of this author since.”
foofudge wrote this review Sunday, July 29 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“My favorite opening sentence for any book:
Toquehead wrote this review Wednesday, October 18 2006. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
'The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish.'
You just know something bad is going to happen when a story starts like that. This book tastes like madness.
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