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Ring, by Koji Suzuki
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 12:22 amI've never seen the movie version of the Ring (the movie is based off of the book), so I can't really speak to how it's different; however, I'm informed there are quite a few changes.
Anyway, it takes awhile for the story to heat up (around a hundred pages before things start getting truly interesting, IMHO). There is little point in recounting the story, as we all remember the iconic image of Sadako, and the secret of the videotaped curse; the really interesting parts of the story are the recounting of the past of Sadako (which remains unclear in many ways), and the detective work. IMHO it might be better SFF than horror, although I think there is a certain eh, unoriginality in the forms of the ESP powers? And the stuff about the virus is somewhat confusing and 'wait, what?' The translation also felt odd/awkward at certain points.
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Anyway, it takes awhile for the story to heat up (around a hundred pages before things start getting truly interesting, IMHO). There is little point in recounting the story, as we all remember the iconic image of Sadako, and the secret of the videotaped curse; the really interesting parts of the story are the recounting of the past of Sadako (which remains unclear in many ways), and the detective work. IMHO it might be better SFF than horror, although I think there is a certain eh, unoriginality in the forms of the ESP powers? And the stuff about the virus is somewhat confusing and 'wait, what?' The translation also felt odd/awkward at certain points.
( SPOILERS )
