Reviews

Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei

vicki_1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

nolansmock's review against another edition

5.0

Re-read. I'm reading this series SO FAST for my second time through. One a day, basically. I first read the series two years ago and even though it was written over several years it has a momentum that doesn't let up (how does Nihei do it?) and I remember thinking when I finished I'd love to just read it straight through with no breaks or other books between. It really makes a difference and clears a lot of questions I had up. It's weird to me the first review on here says there's no plot because there definitely is! It's in the description here on Goodreads and is pretty straightforward despite whatever it throws at you. It's everything else that's confusing! The physicality of space in the art can make you queasy. It's like MC Escher levels of disorienting.

etlahaine's review against another edition

adventurous tense

3.5

zare_i's review against another edition

5.0

I have to say this is definitely horror genre, and when I say horror I do not mean explicit one but subtle one. Kyrii and Cibo finally found the way into the Toha Heavy Industry but here they are encountering multiple caves (for lack of better word). While being chased by Silicon Life they will soon encounter the unexpected allies (of....sorts) in form of Mensab, THI AI that managed to develop independently and working hard on saving the human population and its champion - Sau, what you might call Errant Knight.

Author manages to depict the epicness of Sau/Mensab conflict against the Silicon Life and it truly proves the old saying that what seems like magic today tomorrow is just applied technology. What completely messed up with me was the forwarding, teleport like action executed by Mensab that - in case of physical space mismatch - ends up in some weird space time movements, it is just mind boggling how big this city is.

Art is standard as in previous books - lanky characters, deadly cyborgs and just wonderful panoramas of this [monstrously big] city. And pages and pages of travel, exploration and mind wrecking solitude.

Highly recommended to SF fans, and by the looks of it fans of Lovecraftian type of horror.

cavernasoledad's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

m560's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars

warlore's review against another edition

3.0

weird, beautiful, unusual. not much of a plot, but a pretty cool and unique vibe

lipsandpalms's review against another edition

3.0

An almost incomprehensible maze of characters and events but the art is very cool and there's something resembling a plot finally. It's odd but I kind of like that it's easy reading

tomoka's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

vishvrangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75