This review will be difficult without revealing anything.
I will be reviewing three stories…
I don’t know how and when I came across this book, but I read it anyway – it was just eerie how the book ended up in my hands.
Onwards, I don’t regret reading it. It was just… perfect. I have admit that there were some parts that uninterested me, nonetheless the very, very detailed and atmospheric parts compensated for it. The stories were so disturbing and twistingly beautiful, so much that throughout the book I was disturbed, tense, gloomy, and even scared.
The book has a random selection of two Novellas, ‘Summer Fireworks and my Corpse,’ and ‘Black Fairy Tale.’ Furthermore, the book also contains a short story called ‘Yuko’. I enjoyed all – especially the two Novellas.
Summer Fireworks and my Corpse, about how powerful emotions – in this case jealousy – can lead to the main protagonists death, her murder had occurred on I believe to be page 17. This story is very different for obvious reasons – the first is the fact that she is dead, and thoughts flooded my mind like, “Well this isn't going to have a good ending, she’s dead!” Still I found myself hoping for the situation to be resolved even though she can’t be revived.The second thing that makes this different it that it’s from a dead girl’s perspective! She is written just as an onlooker like any other reader reading this, including me. This brings the character closer to us, so you experience more emotions. I was so frustrated when her body was almost found (happens on many occasions), it’s tense as well. And the last thing that makes this story different is the end. That is all I will say.
Yuko. A short-story good, but not my favourite. At first I thought I was going to be disappointed but I wasn't. It is creepy, and disturbing. The whole tone of the story is quietly normal, and something very dark. A very quick read, and I recommend not skipping it, because the end is just one big, giant twist that will make you look back in the story in your head, even though you may have predicted something. At the beginning I was like “Okay, it’s too normal, something obviously is happening.” Then as the story progresses it changes.In the end, puzzles will be completed, questions asked. It was very good.
Finally, My favourite, Black Fairy Tale. It is confusing at first but fits together like a puzzle, which is interesting. It is a story of three stories that entwine together. I am at a loss for words because of this, and the fact that it was the most disturbing story I have ever come across. The only words that come to mind are, “Well this is a tinge disturbing. What am I reading?” It presents darkness all throughout the story, and this scared me the most. It was too disturbing, so detailed, so much that it creates and image in your head like you’re just watching it but as a film.
Overall this is a brilliant book that exceeded any suspicions and expectations.