Otsuichi
Paperback | Pages: 221 pages Rating: 3.87 | 2047 Users | 123 Reviews
Declare About Books Goth
| Title | : | Goth |
| Author | : | Otsuichi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 221 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2008 by TokyoPop (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Manga. Horror. Mystery. Comics. Fiction. Thriller. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature |
Rendition Supposing Books Goth
Book Review- Goth:By Newon Dennis
This is a warning: those who are extremely interesting in the cruel and mystifying world of horror and gore must read ahead, for they will find a review for a book so amazingly horrifying you will want to reread it over and over again. “Goth,” is actually a book of short stories following the lives of its narrator known as Boku or “I” in the masculine terms of Japanese, and his strange acquaintance Yoru Morino. Both in high school and both are literally and gruesomely obsessed with death. Throughout the story you watch as Boku and Morino travel around with their “good luck” of picking up important evidence of many unsolved murders, as they try to find the culprits of all the murders they find “interesting.” The female lead, Morino is constantly taken as a hostage leaving Boku to go and “see how she dies.” But luckily, it always ends with Boku saving Morino in the end.
The theme for the book is very dark, including, suicide, murder, gore, and guilt. And the characters’ design gives the theme and dark visual catch of all that is described in the story, and there isn‘t too much happening on one page, that could distract or confused you from the story. There is also a good amount of horror and gore drawn very well, to give you a good chill up the spine. Although it would be best for children under 16 to stay away from this book or thought that don’t have the stomach for such things. Due to the quick scenes of nudity and graphic scenes as the students go on their investigations of murders.
To me the most captivating accessory to the story was definitely the characters development and outlook on their situations. Boku and Morino always head first into anything they believe is interesting. Plus watching the developing relationship between the two main characters defiantly leaves you with a mind rattling thought of them.
Boku: an interesting main character, mainly for his strange away of showing his feelings to Morino. His obsession with death is truly strange and but alluring at the same time. Even though his name isn’t revealed till the end the reader can obviously be drawn into a love-hate kind of relationship with Boku. Mainly for the fact his wants to watch how Morino dies and has claimed many times that he would like to “do the honors” himself(It is said in the first short story of the book that he would actually like to cut off and keep her hands). And yet, he’s never far behind when it comes to rescuing Morino from her captors. Boku’s past is never revealed in the book, not even his name is known until the final story of the book. When he goes to save Morino once again from a murderer who actually has an obsession with her in general.
Yoru Morino: One of my favorite characters in the story her unknown past always draws you into finding out why she so obsessed with death and where she received the blaring scar on her wrist(although it can mostly be implied by the reader at she tried to commit suicide). Her personality though can be quite confusing at some points, where at times she is completely cold and mysterious but during a certain story of the book her personality opens up strangely when she wears on the clothes that were found by the body of a girl who’s murder interested her and Boku. Of course that only got her into another dangerous situation where she was once again rescued by Boku. Morino’s past is also unknown to the reader until the last story.
I recommend that anyone who has the best capability to read and digest the manga world’s most mind boggling horror story. It will leave you wondering why there isn’t a second book out yet. And keep you updating and updating for the hopefully next released book.
Define Books As Goth
| ISBN: | 142781094X (ISBN13: 9781427810946) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating About Books Goth
Ratings: 3.87 From 2047 Users | 123 ReviewsDiscuss About Books Goth
Excellent very creepy and dark - told more like a collection of short stories which I am not usually a fan of but really enjoyed thisMust have been hard keeping your secret for nine years, Yu.""You know, I had a feeling. I felt that the first person to call me by my name would be you.
Another quick read I enjoyed the dark imagery and unusual dark plot line.
I am having a hard time rating this manga. I read it because it was recommended to me after reading Uzumaki. I do not want to give it a general rating at all because I do not advocate the approach the main characters have towards murders but here are my ratings broken down into two categories based on manga's that I have read:Unique overall plot: 5 out of 5. The two main characters are two teens who are obsessed with "finding" psychopath murderers and each murderer has a unique way of killing
Before this, the only manga I've read was Uzumaki... so maybe I just have too high of standards after that.I felt like Goth was very weak. In story. In pacing. Even the art seemed a little lacking. There were a couple scenes of truly disturbing nastiness, but these seemed more exploitative than moving. The story lines are stupid without being absurd enough to make them worthwhile. Basically we follow the adventures of two young sociopaths who happen to attend high school in a town full of serial
This one was a bit weird for me, but I found it compulsive reading anyway. The content is a little brutal at times, falls on this side of disturbing, and plays mind games to boot. The six interconnected stories are essentially mysteries; there is a puzzle to solve for each one and the explanations can be fun. But that's not quite my thing. What did intrigue me were the two main characters, and the parade of killers they cross paths with. Upon reading the author's afterword, I'm convinced now
0 Comments