I stumbled across this book on a list of best Japanese horror novels, and although I thoroughly enjoyed three time I spent reading this I cannot agree that it is a horror. This book tells eleven different story stories, each of which intertwine with at least one other story. Each tale in this novel shares […]
This book is written by the same author behind Penance. The format of this novel is similar to Penance in the way that each chapter is told from a different persons point of view. Despite this book being published first, I actually found it better and more well written than Penance. A quick summary of […]
This book is written by the same author as In the Miso Soup so I had to read it! I missed Miso Soup’s weirdness, suspense, and creepiness so I was anxious for something to fill that void in my little book loving heart. Did this book succeed? This novel focuses on Aoyama, seven years after […]
This book is focuses on the murder of a ten year old girl named Emily in a small Japanese village. There are six chapters in this book, all set fifteen years after the crime. The first four chairs describe the day of the murder from the perspective of each of Emily’s four friends, as well […]
This book revolves around a husband (Teppei), wife (Misao), their four year old daughter (Tamao), dog (Cookie) and bird (Pokyo). They are sick of throwing away money by renting an apartment and decide to buy one instead. They see a very affordable, new apartment in the heart of the city of Tokyo for sale for […]
This book is the sequel to Ring, but it is designed to be able to be read as a stand alone novel. However, this review will contain some spoilers for those who haven’t read Ring so if you wish to read that book first then do not continue reading this review. This book starts off […]
This is a horror manga which is the first book of a series. It tells multiple intertwining stories. The main focus of this book is a small Japanese village which is cursed by spirals. It sounds strange, it is strange, but it is the good kind of strange. The main people in the manga are […]
I saw this movie when it first came out – what Batman fan (or, in my case, Joker fan) didn’t? I enjoyed it. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t feel like I had wasted 80 minutes of my life by watching it. I have never read the comic on which the movie was based, […]
The first thing that attracted me to this book was its colourful cover, and it’s bookmark ribbon – I didn’t know books came with those anymore! This book was originally written in Japanese but has been translated. It tells the story of a Japanese man named Kenji who is self employed as a tour guide. […]
I had never heard of this author before but I was captivated by the beautiful design of this books cover. This book is (mostly) set in modern day Germany. It revolves around a museum. This museum is not what one would expect – it does not contain war memorabilia not does it house fossils and […]
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