Gut-shredding... Earthlings is a frequently disturbing but pacy read, with its own off-key humour. I ripped through it * Observer *
Dizzying... Shocking, hilarious and hugely, darkly entertaining. Murata has crafted an unforgettable, original hybrid of absurd fantasy and stark realism * Financial Times *
I loved this book! It easily converted me to being an alien. A radical, hilarious, heartbreaking look at the crap we have all internalized in order to fit in and survive -- Elif Batuman
A firecracker of a book...the story skates along the top of all this darkness, and shimmers with a deadpan wit. I loved it * Five Books *
Provocative and radical ... For that, I applaud it * Stylist *
As a coded portrait of adolescent anxiety, it's savagely pointed... A disconcerting fable * Daily Mail *
Brilliantly translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori... Murata takes the reader on a journey that is profound and scary in equal measure. Brilliant * Big Issue *
Earthlings was my most anticipated Japanese novel of 2020, and it certainly did not disappoint * Books and Bao *
Certainly memorable * Sunday Times *
A brilliantly scathing assessment of social norms ... Curious, challenging and slightly nightmarish, it'll certainly make your brain buzz * Press Association *
If you loved Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata then Earthlings will be right up your alley * Herald *
Murata has risen to even more bizarre heights * Skinny *
[Earthlings] has a similar affectless eeriness to her previous novel, the wildly successful (and brilliant) Convenience Store Woman.. It's not the darkness of the events Murata describes that is most disturbing, but the blank chirpiness of the narrative voice with her narrator relates them -- Books of the Year * Irish Times *
Whatever Earthlings is, whatever planet it comes from, it's a tale of quiet desperation to make your brain fizz * Guardian *
Earthlings will leave you reeling * DN Fourteen *
