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Spirale by Junji Ito

poetic_bitch's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced

5.0

joaofernandes's review against another edition

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5.0

An awesome and terrifying story that gets weirder as the chapters go by. Stunning illustrations that convey all the terror we're reading.

gatogato's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

what the fuck did i just read. 10/10

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lougenia's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

someone needs to help my guy shuichi please that kid is so fucking depressed :(

loved this a lot, it really stays with you but in a really unsettling way (of course). impressed by all the iterations of spirals that were introduced, got attached to the characters, and i loved how everything all came together at the end
I thought it was a little funny when another god awful thing started happening in korouzu-cho and kirie was talking to shuichi about it and he was just like "yeah it's the fucking spiral again 馃様" and kirie was like "oh shit, for real? goddammit :/"

also at some point you think you have been desensitized to all the body horror and think you couldn't possibly be surprised by what happens next but then u find out you are mistaken. because people are fucking
eating
the
snail people
ALIVE

tldr: 馃悓馃槓

sofiagarzac's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Me gust贸.

Me gustaron mucho Shuichi y Kirie. Tambi茅n me gustaba Chie... F.

No me gust贸 del todo el final. Creo que me gust贸 m谩s el principio, como cuando muestra c贸mo es la fobia y el trauma; pero me gust贸 que, a pesar de que parec铆a epis贸dico, en realidad ten铆a una trama continua a lo largo de todo el volumen, que lleg贸 a su climax (?) en los cap铆tulos finales. Esperaba que termine mejor o peor(?), no de la forma en que concluy贸 todo, de forma tan... mid/ni bien ni mal/final abierto. Igual, creo que a煤n as铆 no me quejo con ese desenlace.

En fin, fue una buena lectura r谩pida. Oh, y el arte, la ilustraci贸n de cada escena, de los personajes, de todo... En general, muy bien hecha, excelente.

P.D.: Yo que Shuichi, me hubiese marchado del pueblo ya al principio, no hubiese soportado todo lo que 茅l aguant贸. Es admirable 鉂わ笍

adventurouspotato's review against another edition

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

4.5

gardenfairyreads's review against another edition

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4.0

very spooky

noragrace89's review against another edition

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5.0

A fucked up masterpiece

vickysimansjah's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

nuorivegaani's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

snail / 5 

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