Kōji Suzuki
Paperback | Pages: 282 pages Rating: 3.82 | 14133 Users | 1120 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ring (Ring #1) |
| Author | : | Kōji Suzuki |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 282 pages |
| Published | : | April 25th 2004 by Vertical (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Mystery. Thriller. Fantasy. Paranormal |
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A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.Present Books In Favor Of Ring (Ring #1)
| Original Title: | Ringu リング |
| ISBN: | 1932234411 (ISBN13: 9781932234411) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Ring #1 |
| Setting: | Yokohama,1990(Japan) Tokyo,1990(Japan) Yokosuka,1990(Japan) …more Hakone,1990(Japan) Izu Ōshima,1990(Japan) Atami,1990(Japan) …less |
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I remember being younger and hearing about Samara and how there's this 'totally life changing horror film absolutely everyone must watch' and being the little frightned girl I was, I put it off for a long time but I did watch it sometime last year, I believe. It was nice. Not much else to say to it.While browsing through a list of Books by Japanese Authors, and passed the usual Murakami overload, I came across Ring and was pleased to find it was the actual source material for the film. Also, theThe blurbs tell us the author has been called the Stephen King of Japan, where he is famous. Many of his books, including this one, have been turned into movies and even video games. He is a bit like Stephen King in his blend of fantasy, horror and mystery.,The basic story is that a journalist discovers that four young people -- two girls, two boys -- died separately and suddenly within a day for no good reason. They were of college age and all perfectly healthy. He becomes a detective, tracing
3.5 rounded up
This story mixes the ancient with the modern. It excels in its tight plot; furthermore, the dialogue and characterizations are sharp. The main character as an imperfect salaryman works well as a horror genre archetype; however, the questioning of the sidekick's self-confessed immorality elicits only ambiguity rather than sympathy. Even its apparently pseudo-scientific ramblings make their mark in the finale, which, by the way, is one of the most inventive ways of torturing people.Although it has
Nice twist and cliffhanger! Can't wait to read Spiral!!
First off, I want to say that English is not my mother-tongue. I try my best to avoid mistakes, but Im sure the text contains errors.Trigger warning: Rape.REVIEW CONTINUES IN COMMENT SECTIONNow to the review.Ive read The Ring for a Seminar on Japanese contemporary literature and literary discourse. I read parts of the original Japanese novel and the German translation, which is a translation from the English translation Yes, this happens more often than we academics wished for. Translations are
OK this one, alright. Something got lost in the translation, huh ? Like many I spiraled into this because of the movies, that since have become part of our pop culture, nonetheless I became engrossed in its mythopoeia anyways. It's an iconic setting after all.It was a frightening book to begin with, at times I couldn't read it during the night and even had to stop altogether in order to read something else. So as not to feel uneasy anymore, which the book made me aplenty, something I hope it was
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