And Philip Gabriel’s excellent translation helps to bring this lurid tale into even sharper focus.” Through Worm, she chronicles the toxic fall-out of an educational system that fosters conformity above individualism. “Kirino creates a fictional universe in which the normal rules of engagement no longer apply.

has a knack for portraying the lives of teenage girls.” Kirino’s high-toned crime-fiction is, above all, morbidly fascinating.” “Impressive. sinister plot provides Kirino with plenty of welcome occasions to render the acute psychosexual portraiture at which she so excels. She works to understand how the girls can become so disassociated from their own moral center, ultimately insinuating that after being raised in a culture of texting, reality shows, etc., they’re looking for any connection to the feeling world.” Kirino delves deeply into the feelings of isolation and hopelessness that each girl shares. “A novel that looks at the emotional vacuum of teenage culture, one less affected by a brutal murder and its emotional aftershocks than by the glow of its association with a manufactured outlaw. speak as one voice of youth in an utterly hypnotic, illuminating narrative.” Hers is a fresh, contemporary voice that captures the attitude of youth culture around the world. Kirino’s mix of the savage and the mundane is masterful. “It’s rare to come across a book that is unlike anything you’ve ever read. “If Real World is indeed a work of social realism, Kirino is either a masterful cynic or the cartographer of a very scary side of reality.”

takes us deep inside the heads of these kids.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review “Jealousy, solipsism, fear, arrogance–the mind of an adolescent can be a frustrating and scary place. “Instead of one lone maniac, Kirino makes adolescent ennui and detachment the villain, tracing out a spooky cultural phenomenon that makes this new translation a purely psychological thriller.” challenges readers to confront the truth of human nature, to release judgments about violence and see beyond the act to its roots.” “Kirino demands total submission to her characters' inner lives. A psychologically complex story told in a breezy, adolescent way, reminiscent of Bonjour Tristesse.” Kirino touches on much deeper issues than unlocking teenage diaries. Reads like Little Women in an acid bath.You won't want to miss it.” Kathryn Harrison, The New York Times Book Review

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