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 Out August 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Out is a really good read. I picked it up on a special offer and didn't get around to reading it for quite a while, but once I did I was hooked. Natsuo Kirino has a real knack for making you turn the page. I'd be interested to see more books by this author.
 Good read, disappointing ending July 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you enjoy japanese fiction or crime novels you'll enjoy this. It has a very good plot and good characters. Don't be put off by the names, you get used to them surprisingly quickly. I enjoyed the book thoroughly, but thought the ending was a bit weak.
Amazing July 21, 2008
This a really good book where the author has created interesting and complex charachters. The plot is original, and the authers style is unique. highly reccommended
Great book July 14, 2008
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! July 14, 2008
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).
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