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Kamikaze Girls (Novel-Paperback)
Kamikaze Girls (Novel-Paperback) | Novala Takemoto
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Life in the boondocks of rural Ibaraki prefecture is anything but glamorous, and to escape her humdrum existence, Momoko, a "Lolita," fanaticizes about French rococo, dreams of living in the palace of Versailles, and decks herself out in the finest (and frilliest) of 18th century haute couture from an expensive Tokyo specialty store. Her dreams of an idyllic existence are rudely interrupted by the appearance of Ichigo, a tough-talking "Yanki" motorcycle-chick (on a tricked-out moped) who's part of a girls-only biker gang known as the Ponytails. Together, this unlikeliest of duos strikes out on a quest to find a legendary embroiderer, a journey that takes them to back-alley pachinko parlors, chic boutiques, and epic bike-punk battles. Novala Takemoto's hit novel [ital.] Kamikaze Girls [ital.], already a cult-classic in Japan and the inspiration for an internationally acclaimed film of the same name, is more than a quirky coming-of-age tale, it's a new way of life.
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juliannebenford
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I enjoyed this but it was very much like the film adapation, which I saw first and I think I preferred. Momoko is devoted to all things Lolita fashion and rococo and has almost no interest in anything else. To get more money to buy clothes, she submits a newspaper ad for her gangster father's leftover counterfeits. Ichigo, a committed Yanki, a Lolita's polar opposite, responds, and despite Momoko's resistance they develop a friendship...

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tarabu42
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I feel like Momoko probably grew up to become Aggretsuko. She surely wouldn‘t work hard enough promoting her Lolita lifestyle to become an instagram influencer and would probably fall into some kind of basic work after school, when she finally ran out of knock-off luxury goods to sell on the underground market, earning just enough to support her luxury clothes habit, but also creating suppressed rage at her place in ‘the system‘ of work.

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m.galehuxley
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A dear friend is moving to Israel for a year and sent me a few of her books. She said it was special to her when she was 15/16 and began experimenting with Lolita fashion. I‘m only a few pages in but I‘ve already learned some interesting information about Rococo and Lolita.

Also, I finished Call Me By Your Name today. It was just so beautiful, and I want to read something else that will move me like it did.

Notafraidofwords Similar book: Guapa. 6y
m.galehuxley @Notafraidofwords That looks good. Thank you! 6y
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juliannebenford
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This was the second book I chose for #theunreadshelfproject2018 - I love the film so when I saw this I grabbed it immediately. Again, I just haven't gotten around to it, even though every time I see it I long to give it a go! 😅

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gaijinnolibrary

You know what you like. You know what you want. So ask you have to do if find some work related to that stuff.

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gaijinnolibrary

There's times a woman's just got to fight, even if she knows it's a losing battle.

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gaijinnolibrary

I am a Lolita. I do not believe in growing up. No matter how old I get, I shall remain devoted to ruffles and frills.