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第十三個人格: ISOLA
賀茂由香里具有人心的共感能力，她運用這種特殊能力在阪神大地震後投入救援工作，擔任心理諮詢慰災民。這期間在西宮的某家醫院邂逅了少女森谷千尋，她馬上發現千尋身上同住著許多「人格」，並為這天真無邪的少女患有多重人格障礙心疼不已，於是開始與少女身上的「人格」展開對話。可是，當她發現第十三個人格ISOLA出現時，整個人為之毛骨悚然....。
340 pages, Paperback
First published April 18, 1996
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Yusuke Kishi
61 books137 followersHe graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Novel Award, and boasts bestselling status in Japan with multiple works adapted to the screen. The Crimson Labyrinth marks his American debut.
Awards given to his works:
Japan Horror Novel Award 1997 (Black House), Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel 2005 (Glass Hammer), Japan SF Taisho Award 2008 (From the New World), Yamada Futaro Award 2010 (Lesson of the Evil), [Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!] Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year 2011 (Lesson of the Evil).
Awards given to his works:
Japan Horror Novel Award 1997 (Black House), Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel 2005 (Glass Hammer), Japan SF Taisho Award 2008 (From the New World), Yamada Futaro Award 2010 (Lesson of the Evil), [Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!] Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year 2011 (Lesson of the Evil).
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October 20, 2015
This is not Yusuki Kishi's best novel, but it is still a fun ride.
The plot is not very complicated. Yukari is a young girl with emphatic powers, which means she can read people's emotions to the point that when they are strong enough, it's like she was watching a movie or reading people's minds. Kishi tries to keep it realistic, but it is still a little bit of a silly concept. Kishi likes his horror plots to have a foot on reality, but this is stretching it. But let's accept that Yukari has a more developed empathy than your average Joe. She is working as a volunteer on a hospital after the Hanshin earthquake of 1995. There she meets a young girl, Chihiro, who has multiple personalities, 13, one of them having just appeared after the earthquake...
From now we have the typical Kishi novel were characters get to know each other, speak about psychology and psychiatry and were he shows a strong hand to create realistic characters to "empathize" with. He is as good as it as in his other novels, and you will feel Yukari is a real person, with fears, emotions and, well, powers. The story is good enough, but as said above, a little bit silly. On other hands it'd probably be horrible, but you can't but keep reading with Kishi's style. It makes you want to see with what will he come up next, and he has a couples of surprises up his sleeve, as with his other novels.
Good enough, but not very deep, not very realistic and, if you don't get involved with/like Kishi's style, probably very silly. Not his best. But that's not a bad thing when you are as good as he is.
7
The plot is not very complicated. Yukari is a young girl with emphatic powers, which means she can read people's emotions to the point that when they are strong enough, it's like she was watching a movie or reading people's minds. Kishi tries to keep it realistic, but it is still a little bit of a silly concept. Kishi likes his horror plots to have a foot on reality, but this is stretching it. But let's accept that Yukari has a more developed empathy than your average Joe. She is working as a volunteer on a hospital after the Hanshin earthquake of 1995. There she meets a young girl, Chihiro, who has multiple personalities, 13, one of them having just appeared after the earthquake...
From now we have the typical Kishi novel were characters get to know each other, speak about psychology and psychiatry and were he shows a strong hand to create realistic characters to "empathize" with. He is as good as it as in his other novels, and you will feel Yukari is a real person, with fears, emotions and, well, powers. The story is good enough, but as said above, a little bit silly. On other hands it'd probably be horrible, but you can't but keep reading with Kishi's style. It makes you want to see with what will he come up next, and he has a couples of surprises up his sleeve, as with his other novels.
Good enough, but not very deep, not very realistic and, if you don't get involved with/like Kishi's style, probably very silly. Not his best. But that's not a bad thing when you are as good as he is.
7
February 23, 2017
I have known Yusuke Kishi as a writer who has originally written 'The Black House', one of the most creepiest movie which I have ever watched around 10 years ago. Because Isola is the first work of Yusuke Kishi's, I was intrigued more to this one, rather than 'Black House' for trial. The concept of many split personalities within one individual is not new. It was indeed a popular motif for many thriller novels. However, I like the way the writer's alluding to many psychological ideas and approaches which is easy to comprehend in general to follow the story. I was more curious about the origin of the name Isola, and it is one of the crucial factor to trace what has been happening to the girl.
I didn't like how it ended, because it was far from happy endings, and I can see more threats of the character even if the story has ended. The writer seems to be not so generous about offering happy endings, but is more willing to leave the reader with questions.
I didn't like how it ended, because it was far from happy endings, and I can see more threats of the character even if the story has ended. The writer seems to be not so generous about offering happy endings, but is more willing to leave the reader with questions.
July 5, 2019
擁有「共感能力」的由香里，在投入地震災民心理輔導義工時，認識了千尋，而因聽見了千尋心裡各種不同的聲音，發現了千尋的多重人格。
同一時間，單戀著同事真部老師的高野老師，在真部的陪同下實驗「靈魂出竅」，卻在最後一次實驗中遇上大地震。高野的身體在殘垣斷壁中失去生命，靈魂卻苦無寄主，最終找到了有多重人格的千尋，成為千尋的第十三個人格 - ISOLA。因真部在地震發生時見死不救而導致高野的靈魂遊蕩人間，加上寄主生活環境充斥的虐待與霸凌，ISOLA終於成為了厲鬼，要向每一個傷害她以及她寄主的人進行報復。
故事流暢且節奏緊湊，很多心理學名詞卻不讓人感到生澀，反而因此而多了解了多重人格。會想多看一些相關主題的書。
同一時間，單戀著同事真部老師的高野老師，在真部的陪同下實驗「靈魂出竅」，卻在最後一次實驗中遇上大地震。高野的身體在殘垣斷壁中失去生命，靈魂卻苦無寄主，最終找到了有多重人格的千尋，成為千尋的第十三個人格 - ISOLA。因真部在地震發生時見死不救而導致高野的靈魂遊蕩人間，加上寄主生活環境充斥的虐待與霸凌，ISOLA終於成為了厲鬼，要向每一個傷害她以及她寄主的人進行報復。
故事流暢且節奏緊湊，很多心理學名詞卻不讓人感到生澀，反而因此而多了解了多重人格。會想多看一些相關主題的書。
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September 27, 2022
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