Real World

A spell binding crime story about alienation and actions & consequences. Some critics care calling this 'feminist noir'. Natsuo Kirino’s uneasy, unsettling and challenging 'Real World' centres around Worm, a juvenile killer on the run, who as well as having accessories (young women) to his deeds loo......more

I really wanted to like this one (especially after reading and enjoying Grotesque) but unfortunately this one just didn’t work for me. The book centers around a teen nicknamed Worm- who we learn very early on, kills his mother. Four female friends decide to help Worm out while he’s on the run and th......more

When I said that this book is intense, I might have understated a bit. Imagine, if you will, that you have stepped into the heads of four very different teenage girls and one, probably insane, teenage boy. Kirino's Real World gives you a closer look at reality than you might have wanted to get. The......more

3.5/5 - I enjoyed some of the characters' perspectives in this book more than others, but overall I'm very excited to check out more of Natsuo Kirinio's work in the future. I'll have a video review of this up next week!......more

A group of girls act out against their parents and society by aiding and abetting a boy in their neighborhood who murdered his mother. It doesn't always make sense as to why these girls do what they do, but then again I guess that's part of the point. A dark little book about the dangers of disaffec......more