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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
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:
No
I liked the novel that kicked of the film legacy. Fairly similar in plot it is creepy and unsettling in tone.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
considerate 4.5 stelline per questo libro terrificante
This book was so much different then I thought it would be. It definitely wasn’t a scary book and more thriller/mystery. There were no girls coming out of TVs and even the deaths didn’t seem as brutal as I thought they would be. I did not expect a literal virus combined with psychic video would be the culprit. It was...okay. There were also some weird horror/fetishizing stuff about intersex people that I hope ages out of the sequels. The characters were unlikable which made their thoughts about women a little easier to swallow. Still, it was hard to follow a guy who’s cool with his friend (maybe?) raping people. I’m excited to see the movie adaptions.
I had this book on my tbr for quite a while. After watching both the original Japanese movie and the American remake (which I both enjoyed), I was curious about the book as well.
In Ring, we follow a journalist, Asakawa, as he investigates some mysterious deaths and ends up accidentally watching a cursed tape that tells him he has exactly one week left to live. In a race against the clock he is determined to find out where the tape came from, and how he can save his own life.
I wasn’t surprised to find that the movies follow the book pretty closely, still there are some pretty big changes. In the book the main character is male instead of female, he’s completely focused on his work and rather neglectful of his wife and daughter. He’s the kind of person who doesn’t go to his niece’s funeral, but later visits her house so he can snoop around her room to look for clues. I didn’t find him a very likable protagonist. The way he treats his family is hard to read about, and once he has watched the tape he seemingly becomes incapable of doing anything himself. Instead, he is relying completely on his best friend Ryuji (and other colleagues) to solve the mystery of the tape, all he does is run along. Ryuji himself is also a very unpleasant character to read about. While he is extremely smart, he is also very strange, saying things like he would enjoy watching the world end. He is also I thought this was an odd character choice, because Asakawa knows he has done these things and still decided to be friends with him. Although in the end
The strongest part of the book is definitely the atmosphere and the mystery. The way the mystery is revealed keeps you interested, even though I knew the story from the movies, I still was very curious to see it play out in the book. Although I wouldn’t call the book horror, it does succeed at creating a creepy and tense atmosphere. Especially the first chapter does this very well, where we get the POV of one of the first victims of the tape. I also thought the cursed tape was way creepier in the story here than in the movies. It is very well put together, and it’s interesting to see all the different fragments from the tape explained, I also thought that the reveal that
I really enjoyed this one, I think if the main character had been a bit more likable this could have been a 5-star read for me. Knowing the sequels go into more of a sci-fi direction I’ll be skipping those, I think this one works perfectly on its own.
In Ring, we follow a journalist, Asakawa, as he investigates some mysterious deaths and ends up accidentally watching a cursed tape that tells him he has exactly one week left to live. In a race against the clock he is determined to find out where the tape came from, and how he can save his own life.
I wasn’t surprised to find that the movies follow the book pretty closely, still there are some pretty big changes. In the book the main character is male instead of female, he’s completely focused on his work and rather neglectful of his wife and daughter. He’s the kind of person who doesn’t go to his niece’s funeral, but later visits her house so he can snoop around her room to look for clues. I didn’t find him a very likable protagonist. The way he treats his family is hard to read about, and once he has watched the tape he seemingly becomes incapable of doing anything himself. Instead, he is relying completely on his best friend Ryuji (and other colleagues) to solve the mystery of the tape, all he does is run along. Ryuji himself is also a very unpleasant character to read about. While he is extremely smart, he is also very strange, saying things like he would enjoy watching the world end. He is also
Spoiler
a self-confessed rapist, something Asakawa knows about, but never does anything about.Spoiler
it’s alleged that Ryuji made up these rape stories, it’s still such a strange thing.The strongest part of the book is definitely the atmosphere and the mystery. The way the mystery is revealed keeps you interested, even though I knew the story from the movies, I still was very curious to see it play out in the book. Although I wouldn’t call the book horror, it does succeed at creating a creepy and tense atmosphere. Especially the first chapter does this very well, where we get the POV of one of the first victims of the tape. I also thought the cursed tape was way creepier in the story here than in the movies. It is very well put together, and it’s interesting to see all the different fragments from the tape explained, I also thought that the reveal that
Spoiler
the very short black screens were actually Sadako’s blinks, and the tape being Sadako’s actual point of view was very smart and creepy.I really enjoyed this one, I think if the main character had been a bit more likable this could have been a 5-star read for me. Knowing the sequels go into more of a sci-fi direction I’ll be skipping those, I think this one works perfectly on its own.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes