Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Rings by Kōji Suzuki

9 reviews

bhreaghmichelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Transphobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

shelbyshoe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

lunahbee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Fun to read the story behind the movie. Characters are mostly awful and infuriating human beings. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Murder

It’s important to keep in mind the context with which this book was written when reading. It was written 20 years ago in a country different from my own (USA), so there is discussion of some things that are obviously offensive in modern, western culture.

jaylee_books's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Transphobia

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death of parent

kchin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It's all sorts of messed up. There must be significance to some parts of the book that I didn't grasp but it's likely cultural nuances. As a long time horror fan I'm happy to have finally read this cult classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

annelisezj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Overall, good read! 
Kept me on my toes and even though some portions seemed obvious I still enjoyed the twists and turns each chapter took. 

I will be definitely picking up the next one in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

hyperashley's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape

emilyyjjean's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

Fantastic! I really loved the movie The Ring, and never knew it was based off of this book. The book is even better than the movie! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

e_l_bee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Murder

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Death of parent