What I particularly liked about the book was the style it was told in – which was very simple and unadorned. It’s more pyschological thriller than horror. This story is much more based on the investigation carried out by Asakawa, the journalist who becomes involved in uncovering the mystery surrounding the video tape that causes the death, within one week, of anyone who watches the content but fails to carry out the charm. I really enjoyed this book, but, for those of you who’ve seen the film and are expecting a horror story – this isn’t it. I’m sure this novel needs very little introduction or plot outline but basically this is a story of a journalist who, when investigating the death of four young teenagers who all died under mysterious circumstances, becomes much more embroiled than he ever imagined or would have believed possible. A national author tour, by presumably more conventional transport, is sure to boost sales, since there was no mass-market tie-in to the movie.Just finished reading Ring by Koji Suzuki, the novel that inspired the movies. 15)įorecast: Aptly billed as the Japanese Stephen King (because both writers provide insights into how their respective cultures view themselves), Suzuki once rode a motorcycle from California to Florida. Anyone curious in how the Japanese see themselves will find this book a fascinating, and ultimately highly disturbing, experience. Men could not bear children'), fans of the movie won't be disappointed. Despite a somewhat pedestrian and unintentionally comic prose style that seems derived from manga comics ('Ryuji was right. But the misogynistic society that persecutes Sadako and her mother must ultimately bear witness to its sin-or perish. As in a classic ghost story, fate singles out one, often innocent character as a scapegoat.

During his investigation, he discovers a videotape with a terrible warning: 'Those who view these images are fated to die at this exact moment one week from now.' With the aid of a friend, Asakawa traces the video to an alleged psychic and her daughter, Sadako.

The plot will be familiar to the movie's many fans: a reporter, Asakawa, connects the death of his niece to the deaths of three other high school students. The success of the 2002 American movie The Ring, a remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu, has excited interest both in the original film and in the novel on which it's based.

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