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thebookmouse's review
2.0
First off, I'd like to say a thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I love Bleach, the original manga series. I loved it so much that I remember binge reading it all (well all that was available to me) at around the age of 19. I loved Ichigo Kurosaki, the soul reapers, the Quincies. I loved the world and the story. I loved the anime, too! I loved it all, and I couldn't get enough, up until a point, where I believed the story should of ended. But it continued anyway, and I continued to read it, but I didn't love it as much.
So when I got Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, I was super excited, but also super apprehensive. On one hand, I couldn't wait to get back into this world and revisit all my favourite characters, but on the other hand I was left wondering if it would be just as good as the initial set of manga books, rather than the latter.
I opened this one up and was super surprised. It was a light novel? I was expecting a Manga, anyway I persevered, but things didn't get much better for me, unfortunately.
It was great getting back into the world and hearing about the characters, I just couldn't get into the flow of reading it in a novel format, I didn't like it. That's my issue though, I'm sure many other people would love it told in this way as it is more detailed. The story was well written and easy to follow, but my heart just wasn't in it, and I unfortunately had to put it down.
Not for me, but I still love the characters and would still recommend this to fans of Bleach. Maybe I'll try it again one day. But for now, an average rating.
I love Bleach, the original manga series. I loved it so much that I remember binge reading it all (well all that was available to me) at around the age of 19. I loved Ichigo Kurosaki, the soul reapers, the Quincies. I loved the world and the story. I loved the anime, too! I loved it all, and I couldn't get enough, up until a point, where I believed the story should of ended. But it continued anyway, and I continued to read it, but I didn't love it as much.
So when I got Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, I was super excited, but also super apprehensive. On one hand, I couldn't wait to get back into this world and revisit all my favourite characters, but on the other hand I was left wondering if it would be just as good as the initial set of manga books, rather than the latter.
I opened this one up and was super surprised. It was a light novel? I was expecting a Manga, anyway I persevered, but things didn't get much better for me, unfortunately.
It was great getting back into the world and hearing about the characters, I just couldn't get into the flow of reading it in a novel format, I didn't like it. That's my issue though, I'm sure many other people would love it told in this way as it is more detailed. The story was well written and easy to follow, but my heart just wasn't in it, and I unfortunately had to put it down.
Not for me, but I still love the characters and would still recommend this to fans of Bleach. Maybe I'll try it again one day. But for now, an average rating.
khearts530's review
4.0
4.5 Stars
It is a good continuation of the Bleach series, answering a MILLION unanswered questions from the end of the Manga, while also setting up a new storyline from which this series will focus on. I enjoyed the inclusion of a genderless/non-binary character and I find it interesting that Shūhei was chosen to be the protagonist of this series. I look forward to reading the other books when they are translated.
Important note: Don’t read this book/book series of you haven’t read the final arc of the manga (which as of this review hasn’t been adapted into an anime). Seriously, don’t do it, you will be confused as all hell.
It is a good continuation of the Bleach series, answering a MILLION unanswered questions from the end of the Manga, while also setting up a new storyline from which this series will focus on. I enjoyed the inclusion of a genderless/non-binary character and I find it interesting that Shūhei was chosen to be the protagonist of this series. I look forward to reading the other books when they are translated.
Important note: Don’t read this book/book series of you haven’t read the final arc of the manga (which as of this review hasn’t been adapted into an anime). Seriously, don’t do it, you will be confused as all hell.
wayneslibrary's review
adventurous
fast-paced
2.5
If not for the fact that I'm already invested in the world and its characters due to the manga, I'd give this 1 star only for how bad the writing was.
roomnosenpai's review
slow-paced
2.0
This book was not good. My love of Bleach was the only thing that got me to finish it. This book is marketed as being about Hisagi but he's not even present for 3/4's of it. This book feels like it should have been the introduction to a longer novel. It sets up characters and introduces possible plot lines but none of them go anywhere or are resolved. This entire book exists entirely to set up the story for volume 2.
On top of it's lack of plot this book suffers from a combination of questionable writing combined with questionable translations. The few times I was able to get into the flow of this book I was almost immediately stopped by a weird line or odd wording. Multiple times "...!" and "...?" are used as lines of dialogue. While those make sense in manga speech bubbles, they do not make nearly as much sense in a novel.
I really wanted to like this book. I'm really annoyed with myself already because I know I'm going to read the second one and hope it's better.
On top of it's lack of plot this book suffers from a combination of questionable writing combined with questionable translations. The few times I was able to get into the flow of this book I was almost immediately stopped by a weird line or odd wording. Multiple times "...!" and "...?" are used as lines of dialogue. While those make sense in manga speech bubbles, they do not make nearly as much sense in a novel.
I really wanted to like this book. I'm really annoyed with myself already because I know I'm going to read the second one and hope it's better.
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