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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
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:
Complicated
Way better than the movie!
It's eerie and creepy, though I wouldn't consider it scary, despite being a horror novel. More mysterious than scary, though the impending sense of doom and dread that permeates the book works very well!
The main characters are pretty unlikable, but to me, it makes them feel much more real to me, and their reactions to the situation all the more believable. Also, Sadako's curse being, essentially, a psionic virus is an excellent, excellent addition that I didn't expect!
An all-around good book! My only real gripe is the misogyny and the tastelessness surrounding Sadako's anatomy.
It's eerie and creepy, though I wouldn't consider it scary, despite being a horror novel. More mysterious than scary, though the impending sense of doom and dread that permeates the book works very well!
The main characters are pretty unlikable, but to me, it makes them feel much more real to me, and their reactions to the situation all the more believable. Also, Sadako's curse being, essentially, a psionic virus is an excellent, excellent addition that I didn't expect!
An all-around good book! My only real gripe is the misogyny and the tastelessness surrounding Sadako's anatomy.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
bruh what
***These are my random thoughts after finishing the book for me to save as personal notes (because I can't see an option to make my review private). Some of the thoughts are an overall review of the book, or any questions/feelings that nagged at me throughout. There will almost definitely be spoilers. Read at your own risk.*** ‐----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 stars
Reads more like a murder mystery than horror
The two main characters are both terrible people
Trying to figure out the puzzle was kinda interesting
3 stars
Reads more like a murder mystery than horror
The two main characters are both terrible people
Trying to figure out the puzzle was kinda interesting
The first of 23 bites the dust. I decided to tackle Ring first, partially because it was my book club’s pick for the first book of the year and partially because I started it when I was a teenager and just wanted to finish it. And I have a secret for you about this one…
The movie is better than the book in this case. To be fair, the two are WILDLY different and if it was me making the call, I wouldn’t even consider this one a horror novel. But let me give you the synopsis and you tell me what you think.
Kazuyuki Asawaka is a hardworking journalist, always meeting deadlines and catching the next story. After an ominous taxi ride where he learns about the sudden death of a young motorcyclist, he begins to put the pieces together. The same death (sudden cardiac arrest) was recently the fate of his 17 year old niece, on the same day at the same time. As he tries to put the pieces together, he is led to a woodland cabin and a mysterious unmarked videotape which, after he watches it, will cause him the same fate exactly one week later. Enlisting his high school friend, Ryuji Takayama, the two men diverge down a path on the tightest deadline and weirdest mystery that Asakawa has ever had.
The premise sounds interesting enough, and it is, but there were some things that I just couldn’t get over. This book was written in 1991 in Japan and displays many of the misogynistic attitudes that were and are still present there. There is rampant forgiveness of sexual assault and most descriptions of women in this book are crude and dismissive. I do, however, love that the villain is a woman (and which is another difference from the movie- Sadako/Samara is a grown woman, not a young child). All in all, I have to prefer the movie version- it just makes more sense and is better written.
⭐️⭐️/5 stars for me.
The movie is better than the book in this case. To be fair, the two are WILDLY different and if it was me making the call, I wouldn’t even consider this one a horror novel. But let me give you the synopsis and you tell me what you think.
Kazuyuki Asawaka is a hardworking journalist, always meeting deadlines and catching the next story. After an ominous taxi ride where he learns about the sudden death of a young motorcyclist, he begins to put the pieces together. The same death (sudden cardiac arrest) was recently the fate of his 17 year old niece, on the same day at the same time. As he tries to put the pieces together, he is led to a woodland cabin and a mysterious unmarked videotape which, after he watches it, will cause him the same fate exactly one week later. Enlisting his high school friend, Ryuji Takayama, the two men diverge down a path on the tightest deadline and weirdest mystery that Asakawa has ever had.
The premise sounds interesting enough, and it is, but there were some things that I just couldn’t get over. This book was written in 1991 in Japan and displays many of the misogynistic attitudes that were and are still present there. There is rampant forgiveness of sexual assault and most descriptions of women in this book are crude and dismissive. I do, however, love that the villain is a woman (and which is another difference from the movie- Sadako/Samara is a grown woman, not a young child). All in all, I have to prefer the movie version- it just makes more sense and is better written.
⭐️⭐️/5 stars for me.
Men are scarier than demons . This book read more like a mystery yes but the demonic presence was still prevalent although justified (sadoko deserved better). The book gave me thoughts about diseases , fear mongering, and the rise of AIDS in the 1980s. Some details included in this original story that seem related to the times (1991) . Idk . Overall a disappointment in the end but kept me very sat and interested .