It is a weird book. Yes it’s an explicit book. And it’s a dirty book. Dirty, not in the sexual sense but the words she uses to describe things paints a gross picture in your head and you will feel disgusted. Unexpected things happen just to deliberately shock the reader. Another waste of time.

The writing is passable but unremarkable, and the stories themselves suffer from an excruciating sameness-- angsty Japanese woman hunts down black American men, has fucked up relationship, meanwhile fetishizing their music, food, vocal cadences, and genitalia. If an American wrote this, they'd be (rightly) accused of racism. While I recognize the equivalency can't really be made, it does reveal something problematic in Ms. Yamada's novellas.Sometimes you think that she's trying to write porn. Bu...

Amy's not winning many friends by page 5: "His dick wasn't the kind of disgusting, red cock that white men have, nor was it the pathetic, infantile thing of Japanese men, the kind that doesn't do a thing for you until it's inside you."Is true that a Japanese guy's pubic hair is more like seaweed than a white guy's?The third story was a bit pointless. The first two were okay if you want to read about a Japanese woman having rough sex with Black guys. African-American characters in Japanese litera...

This was actually 3 novellas, and the last one was actually pretty good, except for its last page or so. But it was nowhere near good enough to save this book from the gutter, because the first 2 are some of the worst things I've ever read. I guess I'm a little biased, but I just can't stand most feminist porn, because, I don't know, I guess I'm just simple, but can anyone tell me why self-identified feminists always write such blatantly abusive, masochistic sex scenes? I actually can't think of...

2.5* For the better half of this collection of novellas the only word that I could associate with it was mediocre. Too much sex talk and definitely overmuch abuse, both physical and emotional coming from both sexes. But I wouldn't put this at the same level with modern western erotica/romance. It is without a doubt better than that. There's something compelling about Yamada's writing, despite all that carnal imagery, that becomes more apparent with the end of the second novella: The Piano Player...

There are 3Eimi Yamada´s short novel from 1985-1986 in this book. The first, Bedtime eyes, is about heroine´s love for black American soldier nicknamed Spoon, who is sometimes very tender and sometimes very violent toward her. He is very sexy for her and she loves his body, but she learn very slowly to love him (his soul and mind, his behaviour). She manages this at last, but he is deserter from his army base and he is taken into prison for desertion. She is devasted and she swears she will be l...

Only this book can make sex such a bore.

This might be the worst book I ever read in my life.

Are Japanese people racist ? This book received a prize. He had a great success. About what is it? An history of love between a Japanese woman and an American black. For Japanese it is the top of the transgression. A friend spoke to me about their contempt for the inhabitants of Okinawa who have dark skin. Spoon, the black character has all the stereotypes: robber, deserter, traitor and of course equipped with a large penis. For the rest it is level of the Harlequin collection. Bad novel.

Bedtime Eyes by Amy Yamada (Eimi Yamada) is a disturbing, confusing, and exciting read. The collection of three short stories walk a sharp line of racism, as the Black male lead characters are developed with toxic, racist, and extremely harmful stereotypes that are fetishized by demoralizing Japanese women who thrives in dysfunction. Though I found myself often offended by the character development, I could not help but be enticed by the captivating storytelling. I know someone who often says "P...

as for the 2 first novels pure pornography with a hint of a story, you can used instead of a porno movie if you like .... the last one is a good short novelshe writes well but wouldn't recommend it for girls - now all the girls will want to look for it & read it ..... who is the genius who made the legend of Pandora box -

its a wonder that how this got published.

Personally, it is a recommendation by my bro. It is a mutually-known fact between us that I have no idea of romantic sexist relations. The recommendation is hopefully relevant to my mental disorder. Specifially, I am expected to discover the hidden corners of a true relation once finishing this book. Eventually, the impression is merely feeling which has never experienced later: Sex is not just as what ordinaries think. Detailedly, it is essential to mention stoicism as well. Kim has unescapably...

Can't rate a book like this on a one-dimensional scale. I haven't finished it, may not. Finished the title story and one other (there's a third I'm not going to read.) The writing is so-so. Sex, abusive sex, and . . . sex. Reviews made a great deal of the fact that the protagonist’s love interest is black. Blurbs I’ve read here and there about the author, Eimi Yamada, make it seem that “interracial” themes are big with her. Her black characters are soldiers and sailors in an unnamed port in Japa...

Bedtime Eyes is a collection of three novellas centering on dysfunctional relationship between a Japanese woman and a Black American.In Bedtime Eyes, erotic dancer and occasional prostitute, Kim falls in love with a black American navy deserter, Spoon, who constantly abuses her. Their love affair is as real as it is cocaine fueled.Now famous jazz musician Leroy returns to Japan to give Ruiko a test of her own medicine in the sadomasochistic story of The Piano Player’s Fingers. Ruiko was the domi...

I didn't expect it to be quite this dirty! But there is far more to this book than violent sex - especially with the last story of the collection.

Things were different now. But he would still keep playing the piano. That's all he ever did. Even when there was no piano in front of him.

I've read the German translation of the book, and the language was clear, flowing, and very direct. For a Japanese book it ws extremeley open about sex, bodily processes, and issues of race and crime.Certain passages are grippping and take the reader on an emotional roller-coaster. The erotic scenes are exciting and explore both the bodily and emotional sides of the short but intense relationship of an unfortunate couple.

The book consists of three stories. The first two vividly describe a sexual relationship of a Japanese woman and an African-American man. The women are usually sexy, beautiful and cold and always have men crawling at their feet. They fool around and eventually fall in love with these rather initially weak men, and then this crazy drama unfolds. The third story was quite good though. Talked about an emotional state of a child who has been brought up in a dysfunctional home. The last couple of pag...