Kiss Me Judas Reviews

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“Stylistically superb debut that reinvents the thriller...”  Kirkus Reviews   

 

“A stylish exercise in neo-noir paranoia, wall-to-wall deceit and sexual obsession.”   The Chicago Tribune  

 

 “Although there are obvious biblical allusions in Baer’s stylized debut, this noir tale takes no clearly biblical route... [Jude is] not what she seems and where they ultimately end up provides this intriguing tale with a quirky, redemptive glow.”  Publishers Weekly   

 

“[A]n unending nightmare of drugs, sex, and violence...Although stylish and edgy, and with the right director, a wonderful movie in waiting, this novel is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.”   Booklist   

 

“Not for the faint of heart, Kiss Me, Judas starts off bloody and zooms nonstop for a gripping climax.  Baer’s minimalist debut novel is reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino film – dark, graphic, and twisted – but without the quirky humor...Recommended.”    Library Journal   

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“A deconstruction of an urban legend, a dark unraveling of mystery within mystery, Kiss Me, Judas is a fine and dangerous work.”   Poppy Z. Brite, author of Exquisite Corpse   

 

“I was finally able to read Kiss Me, Judas and absolutely loved it.  The writing is perfect, synergistic and so beautifully interwoven with the story, the reader is put through an extraordinary experience.  The hallucinatory sequences are so perfect I am still not certain what is real and what is not, and I don’t care.  I experienced the book, and I still am.”   Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream   

 

“Dark, foreboding, claustrophobic and dreamy are words that accurately describe this noir.”  Viking - Randy Michael Signor

 

“...sordid and entrancing, hallucinatory yet given to brutal realism.”  The Times

 

“The plot twists and turns like a surgeon’s scalpel. Hotel bathrooms will never be the same.”  Mirror

 

“An urban legend rewritten on speed.”  City Life (London)