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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
After being given a tip by a cabbie, reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to further investigate the mysterious, simultaneous deaths of four teenagers — one of whom was his niece. What he discovers is a videotape that the four of them watched together exactly one week before their deaths. This brief tape contains several inexplicable images and is followed by the message that he, too, will die in exactly seven days, unless he completes a charm that has conveniently been erased. Now, Asakawa is in a race against time to decipher the images on the tape and uncover the charm to save his life. Much like the movie version of this book, starring Naomi Watts, this book is just plain weird. It takes nearly two-thirds of the book to really get into it and the attention grabbing is minimal at best. Also, much like the movie, I felt like one important point was left unexplained in the end, specifically, how the hell does a videotape kill you? Even the weirdest of Stephen King's psychic phenomena-based novels has a nice tidy explanation.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
More of a thriller than horror for the largest part of the book. Reading the original story was fun.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I wish we could give half points for star ratings. I’m really stuck between 3 and 4 stars. I’m going to let the book sink in, then I’ll review it !
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated