Joshua Imafidon’s Reviews > Ring > Status Update

the mystery elements are so well done, but it really can feel weighed down but how unlikeable the characters are

A is rude to his wife though he apparently loves her? Even though R makes me really uncomfortable, I think he might be an interesting character to add. A is a portrait of a standard Japanese man, who doesn't express much love for his wife but lives quite a normal life, and R is a perverse representation of the negative parts of mankind. sexual violence, morbid curiosity. A is almost likeable, wants to live for family

theres a lot of things about this book that i like, but it feels difficult to care about characters that are such horrible people. theyre both really unlikeable but in a way its useful as I dont really care if they die.

read part 1 of ring. i find the main character of asakawa quite objectionable. i dont like the way he talks about his wife or his baby daughter. the recently explored idea of learn and instinctive fears i find quite personally fascinating, birds know the silhouettes of predators from birth, and suzuki showing a baby girl afraid deeply of demons is remarkably unique and scary.