RaveFinancial Times (UK)So blunt and direct that it frequently disguises its own subtleties ... No heavy read but skilfully light in tone, a quality Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda captures in her translation ... Breathtaking unsentimentality ... [Kirino] wittily and cleverly portrays the back-and-forth of indecision and unpreparedness of all parties ... Kirino somersaults her way to a suspenseful conclusion in a dazzling and troubling feminist page-turner.
