Tokyo Junkie

[2] Laurence Green, writing for The Japan Society of the UK, stated that the work "plays out like a love letter to" Tokyo.

[3] Lesley Downer, in The Times Literary Supplement (TLS), described the book as "the story of Tokyo over the sixty years that Whiting has been there".

[5] The author uses section titles related to the employment or life stage he had at the time.

Roger Pulvers of the South China Morning Post stated "It is there his personal narrative becomes a compelling study of the society in with which he has thrown his lot.

[5] Publishers Weekly stated that the book shows "Whiting’s love for his adopted city".