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Ring (Ring, #1) by Kōji Suzuki

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loganeastman's review against another edition

1.0

Strong start, but never gets memorable after that. All the characters are incredibly unlikable. This is mostly a mystery book, but characters put in almost no work to gather a clue to the puzzle, and when they do, it ends up being weird and perverted, and not in an edgy way, it's just annoying and boring while solving nothing but acting like it did, has nothing to do with the story too. Nothing keeps you intrigued to keep reading, no sense of threat at all. The concept is better executed in both American and Japanese film adaptations.

read247_instyle_inca's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

bookmefry's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

Spoilers and TW

Basically an inhumanly beautiful hermaphrodite with ESP has a rough life, then got smallpox which then became magic smallpox. The antagonist is magic smallpox, because the hermaphrodite doesn’t seem to have any voice or clear actions/goals of their own at all.

caden_brown10's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

joriereads's review against another edition

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tw and spoilers!!!

the only good part was watching a rapist die. the main character was awful and boring. i didn’t like how he treated his wife and child. i didn’t like the fact he covered for his rapist best friend. i didn’t like how said best friend turned out to be the hero. the rape scene was wild too and the genetic “plot twist” felt very icky.

shout out to the lady ghost killing all them!!!!