"This book is brilliant. You want to have Viva's life/be her/ nick her clothes, and if all else fails you just want to read the book over and over again"
"This is a strange novel, and if nothing else it gives you good suggestions for a mix tape. The madness angle was subtle and well written, though slightly harder to empatise with if you're female"
"WEIRD. The best bit is when the eels are swimming inside the horses's head. I'm sure I didn't get all the symbolism about Germany's stunted growth, but I liked it on my own ignorant level"
"This book made me feel cleverer than I am, which is a GOOD thing. I liked the male/female narration style (though I HATED Messenger). Also good is the extracts from the creative writing class"
"oooh this is good. Fairly lengthy, but you don't care when you first read it 'cos you're just desperate to find out what happens, but you may start to notice it on the second go. Worth reading!"
"This is an excellent book. People say not much happens in it, but ignore them. If you don't read it you don't deserve to have eyes. And the cover is pretty too."
