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The Summer Of The Ubume (2009)

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1934287253 (ISBN13: 9781934287255)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertical

series

百鬼夜行

review 1: A tough call. Large sections of the novel are given over to a sort of Socratic dialogue between the narrator and his friend, Kyogokudo, regarding the nature of perception, and the trustworthiness of our interpretation of the world around us. By the end, one sees why Kyogoku went to so so much trouble to plant these ideas in the reader's mind, but it doesn't really come off: I simply was not sufficiently convinced by Kyogokudo's lengthy arguments as to be able to suspend disbelief when confronted with the mystery's truly bizarre resolution, and at times the philosophical discourses come close to killing the narrative's forward momentum altogether. Still, an interesting and very strange novel, and, if you survive the first hundred pages or so, an entertaining... more one.
review 2: I was very excited to read this book, unfortunately the authors writing style and my personal preference in story telling did not mesh. He is very descriptive and his conversations are long and I found difficult to follow. His writing is very good, the translation easy and flowing. I however am more into story telling; not verbose writers who spend three to four pages describing the bark of a tree (not that this author did that, its just an outrageous example). I would recommend this to someone who enjoys more philosophical works; someone into reading about what is the nature of the world, the mind ect. Anyone looking for a fast paced horror mystery novel should look elsewhere. less

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