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Uzumaki
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This had the potential of being really, really creepy but unfortuantely fell extremely flat for me. The art style was terrifying and the premise of a town being haunted by a spiral was definitely intriguing; however, story-wise this just wasn't interesting at all.
No convincing build-up of suspense, no actual reasons for why what is happening is happening and also no compelling characters to care about throughout the story. Most chapters follow the pattern of a new character being introduced that is then instantly killed while nothing much happens to the main cast until much later. Especially the first half of this volume bored me to tears at times. The most creepy to me were the two chapters on mosquitos, because it felt like there was actual suspense, despite the utter predictability of it all.
Overall, I'm extremely disappointed in what was done with such a spectacular premise and such a phenomenal art style. In no way did it live up to its potential and if you need a little more than creepy pictures to actually freak you out then I recommend steering clear of this book.
No convincing build-up of suspense, no actual reasons for why what is happening is happening and also no compelling characters to care about throughout the story. Most chapters follow the pattern of a new character being introduced that is then instantly killed while nothing much happens to the main cast until much later. Especially the first half of this volume bored me to tears at times. The most creepy to me were the two chapters on mosquitos, because it felt like there was actual suspense, despite the utter predictability of it all.
Overall, I'm extremely disappointed in what was done with such a spectacular premise and such a phenomenal art style. In no way did it live up to its potential and if you need a little more than creepy pictures to actually freak you out then I recommend steering clear of this book.
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April 10, 2017
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July 4, 2018
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July 20, 2018
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Jul 24, 2020 07:08PM
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The lack of reasons for why is one of the most notable features of Lovecraftian horror. I don't tend to like the genre for the same reason, as the end of every story may as well be "ancient aliens." Funnily enough, I didn't like the mosquito part because the story line was dropped and nothing seemed to come of it, but I liked the snails.
Yes! Why do people like this?First two thirds is spiral monster of the week. Then massive time jump after which there is actually a semi cohesive story.
Thank you, I did not liked the story but I liked the artwork.
Yeah, I agree with you completely. Nice review. I thought I was missing something, but this only validates my opinion.
This would have been much better if it was independent short stories “with a spiral theme”… instead of trying to make a cohesive story that falls flat
