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• 奇抜な設定を通してアイデンティティを鋭く問う点が注目される。読者によっては実験的な語りの癖が強く感じられるが、その異様さが魅力にもなっている。

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• Didn't want to put down

  The book description intrigued me. High School is a distant memory and I am not Gay. I did a Look Inside. Normally I just give a quick scan, but I caught myself actually reading it! I had to buy this. The chapters are written from the individual characters perspectives, which swiftly brought me deep into the story. The characters are introduced quickly and effortlessly. I was taken on such an incredible emotional ride with each character. I hated having to put it down. The ending. What can I say about the ending without giving it away? I gasped. I cheered. I sobbed. I smiled.

• Great book, however it needs a proof reader

  This book is worthy of 5 stars if it wasn't for all the typos in it. Obviously the book was only checked by a program to see if any of the words were misspelled. None of them seem to be however YOUR and YOU'RE are not misspelled but they have totally different meanings and can ruin a sentence. Words are not misspelled but do not belong in the sentence many times, making me have to read the sentence several times to figure out the right word that actually belonged in the sentence, this gets very annoying. I hope that the writer since this seems to be independently published will go back and correct this since someone is finally pointing this out. I honestly had to rein myself in from grabbing a red pen and correcting it for him. Please, if not in this one but in future novels take the time to actually proofread your work before submitting it. A computer program with no feelings can only do so much, allow a living, breathing friend to read it before submitting. You definitely are a good storyteller, but put forth the effort to deliver a perfect novel, I would have given you more stars if it had been corrected. This book is probably one of the most emotional books I have ever read, brilliant storyteller and very promising writer, looking forward to more books by this author.

• doesn't know what it wants to be.

  The basic story of a society where conjoined twins are an everyday occurance is great, but this book gets dragged down with flashbacks and subplots and feels directionless after a while. The book felt like it stopped rather than ended. It left me wanting more of the amazing premise and less of the "arty" literature it was near the end.

• One of the worst books I've ever read

  This has got to be one of the worst books I've ever read. It's gimmicky, self-absorbed, repetitive, and lacking in plot. It achieves "edginess" largely by focusing on (reveling in, rather) the repulsive and disgusting. There is not a single character in it that is even slightly sympathetic, except for maybe the roommate's dog and the hapless and mostly-comatose conjoined-twin-sister. Long before the end of the book I had ceased to care what happened to the protagonist, and was only eager for the whole thing to be over. I wasn't even rewarded by my endurance by any kind of enlightening plot-wrap-up or interesting twist at the end. The whole thing just petered out amongst insane hallucinations and pseudo-philosophical ramblings, leaving me wondering why I'd wasted my money and time. Don't get me wrong... I'm not PollyAnna in my tastes. I like things that are disturbing - WITH A PURPOSE. I appreciate books and movies that are disturbing in a subtle and atmospheric way. It's possible to be disturbing to get a point across, or to create an uneasy and haunting mood. This book is disturbing, alright, but unfortunately not in a good way. I've noticed that some artists/writers without talent or without much to say try to compensate for it by resorting to shock value and ugliness -- for example this book endlessly details (with horrifyingly-vivid explicitness) scenes such as ugly old men defecating or masturbating, scuttling insects in the rotting corpses of dead animals, and so forth. It was gratuitously and sensationalistically disgusting. The only other book I can think of off the top of my head that I might rate lower is "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace -- another self-absorbed tome by another writer who is obviously in love with his own intelligence yet also enjoys wallowing in pointless cruelty and hideousness. So if you enjoy David Foster Wallace, perhaps you'll like this book, too.

• A Great & Emotional Read

  I'll keep this short and sweet like the other reviewers... I read this book in one sitting and was immediately taken with all of the main characters -- David, Ben, Sarah -- and their friends. I did not see the ending coming, and now I want a sequel. I want more. The only reason it got four stars? Would have been a superb book, but the typos and grammatical errors bother me (there aren't tons -- but there are enough). It needs a good edit, especially if it's marketed over $5. I look forward to reading more from this author.

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