I got this in a large batch of library discards, and it wasn't what I was hoping for. From the title I was expecting some Japanese content, but there was only a minimal amount of that. Instead, it was a group of damaged life-dropouts who had to learn to work with each other's frameworks to accomplish a chosen task.

On the good side: the story was very believable in the details of street smarts and survival, so I feel I did learn from the book. On the not-so-good side: the performer, Christopher Lane, narrated everything but the characters' dialogue in a rather slow, gutteral, and accented style. I think it was meant to sound like the voice of the viewpoint character, who was Japanese. But I found it hard to follow, and it quickly became irritating.

So that's one person's opinion. Future listeners, what do YOU think?