The movie is an ultimate favorite but the novel is also amazing! the hardcover is great and it just looks glorious once you finally get it in the mail.
I really loved this book.Not only was the story entertaining, but Momoko's deep personal incite provided a sort-of "new way of thinking" for myself.
I saw the Kamikaze Girls movie a while ago and found it quite fun. Normally I do not get the novel of movies I already saw I thought it ruin the movie for me.
I love this book! It is written in a whimsical view from Momoko, a lolita.
My first impression was: Wow! What a beautiful book!
Awesome book. one of those books u can finish in one sitting cos its just so entertaining!
Okay probably not words you think of when you think of a Japanese novel about a Yanki and a Elegant Gothic Lolita. Probably few if anyone that reads manga would probably even think to pick up the book.
But fourtunately i was unable to. the book is better than the movie, because the characters are clearer.
I am in love with this book. The story of Momoko and Ichigo's friendship is unbelievable, Takemoto's writing was beautiful.
Having watched the hilarious cult comedy, Kamikaze Girls, originally titled Shimotsuma Monogatari (Adventure in Shimotsuma), I got the manga, and finally Novala Takemoto's novel. It's a brisk and funny read about the gradual friendship that grows between the unlikeliest of pairs, though some Japanese pop culture references may be lost on foreign readers.
This is an excellent translation of an excellent and entertaining book. If you're interested in Japanese culture, weird humor, motorcyles or the Rococo period, this is the book for you.
I've read some pretty weird stuff in my time, most of it fantasy (oh hai, Mieville and Vandermeer). Kamikaze Girls can't really compare with cactus people or sentient mushrooms, but for a non-fantasy book, it comes really close.
Well, this is certainly the best novel about embroidery I've ever read. Okay, it's the only one I've ever read.
Loved it. The chick lit, YA book for people who hate chick lit and YA.
At first, Kamikaze Girls didn't hold my interest. Momoko's long winded explanation of the Lolita fashion literally put me to sleep.
