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A review by arcadelove
S: Es by Kōji Suzuki
dark
mysterious
3.75
A great horror novel marred by a lackluster ending. Had me hooked, I read all of it over two days.
Spoilers ahead.
Loved the callbacks to all the previous Ring novels. But that ending... Ryuji Ex Machina. He just explained everything in the last 10% of the book, appearing out of nowhere. Things had been ramping up SO much, and then this just caused it to fall flat. It almost felt like the author just got tired of writing the book and wanted to end it. A bit of a disappointment there.
Rating is as high as it is because of the meat of the book. It'd probably be higher if the ending wasn't so damn disappointing.
Spoilers ahead.
Rating is as high as it is because of the meat of the book. It'd probably be higher if the ending wasn't so damn disappointing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Rape and Car accident