Gather Birthday (Ring, #4) Picturized By Kōji Suzuki Issued As Copy
only question why
Birthday, theth instalment in the Ring franchise, offersshort stories that are supposed to compliment what came beforebut honestly, they were completely pointless and read more like fan fiction for die hard fans only.
Coffin in the Sky is a complete waste of time as its essentially a retelling of an event we already witnessed in Spiral.
Lemon Heart was an unnecessary prequel to Ring that offered nothing more than a bit of masturbating, Finally, Happy Birthday is just an extended conclusion of Loop, but why couldnt this just have been added to that
I have one book left in the series to go, and needless to say, I do NOT have high hopes thank God its only short.
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This was definitely the best book out of all the series,
Three short stories concentrating on the women of the trilogy,
I quite enjoyed the first two, but the third one was not to my taste, Felt like, once again, there wasn't much new to it, and this story could have been forgotten all together.
When the movie came out it gave me a good scare, When Scary Movie spoofed it I got a good laugh, The books offered up a combination of the two, This is the last of theI've read, and while not as good as The Ring trilogy it was still a pleasant read.
Wraps up the Loop nicely, Great book. It made look at the original trilogy, specially loop in an entirely different way,
Loop was always my least favourite of the ring trilogy and the one I haven't reread since reading it for thest time.
Guess I will have to do it now,
I really enjoy when a book adds new details to the world and makes me look at other previously stories in an entirely different way.
All three short stories were great, My favourite was birthday, followed by lemon heart, coffin in the sky for me personally was the least interesting story, but still a great one! Ring, Spiral, and Loop are the series that lead up to this book and it is.
. a total and complete let down, Have you ever enjoyed something you read so much only to have it completely ruined for you Because that's what this book does, if I could take back reading it, I would.
It ruins the entire series and makes it meaningless, In my opinion if you loved any of the Ring series of books do yourself a favor and don't read this one.
Pretend like it doesn't exist, A book to give you nightmares, The science fiction/horrornoir style of this tale reminds me of Murakami, But unlike Murakami, Suzuki leans more toward shock and the grotesque,
One of the many premises of the tale is that two "realities" exist simultaneously, There is the real world and "the loop, " Technology allows for the inhabitants of the real world to view the inhabitants of the loop, through what seems like virtual reality sets.
The dynamic between the two worlds is unclear, but there is interplay,
Sadako is probably the most prominent character, A beautiful woman, she is introduced as a the love interest of a young man who meets her when they are both actors in a theater troupe.
Later, it is revealed that she is not a human being, but some kind of a mutant,
There are numerous Sadakos, and they all appear to be beautiful women with the same appearance, They are born and reach full adulthood within a week's time, They are irresistible to men, Sadako is at fault for all of the fatalities that take place, A group of men die at different times over a ten year span after hearing her voice recorded on a tape.
When he hears of his former acquaintance's fates, the man formerly in love with the theater troupe Sadako begins to fear for his life.
Toward the end of
the tale, a new dimension emerges, in that a "cancer virus" is threatening to wipe out the human race.
One man is determined to find a cure and charts out on an international odyssey with that intention, heading first to the United States desert from Japan.
Complex, fast paced, An entertaining read. Although I did not know when I selected the book, it is a volume part of "The Ring" series.
I have not read other books in the series and do not plan to do so in the immediate future: At first, I felt like this book was cynical, merely cashing in on the Ring trillogy's success in order to make money.
A fair enough goal, but not an artistic one, But as I read past the first story, I found it immensely gripping and a good read, Suzuki's writing continues to delight and disturb, It's also much better paced than the Loop, which I criticised for a slow start/middle, It was not bored reading it, Basis of the Hit Movie Ring: Birthday!
Birthday is Ringmaster Koji Suzuki's return to the Ring universe, a collection of short stories focusing on the female characters with a theme of birth.
An exploration of extraordinary circumstances from the perspective of memorable women, this expansion of the Ring, Spiral, and Loop world was adapted into a hit movie less than a year after the Birthday's publication.
Thirty years before the tragic events of Ring, Sadako Yamamura was an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut.
The beautiful and ravishing Sadako was the object of every male's desire involved with the company including n the director.
There was one thespian she was interested in, but, . .
Fast forward past the events of Ring, Ryuji Takayama's distraught lover, Mai Takano is struggling in the wake of the professor's mysterious demise.
Mai visits Ryuji's parents' house to find the missing pages of his soontobe published article, There she is drawn to a curious videotape and a fate more terrifying than Ryuji or Kazuyuki Asakawa's,
Reiko Sugiura questioned the purpose of bringing a child into a world where there was only death.
She already lost one son, and the father of her unborn child, Kaoru Futami, had disappeared in search of a cure to the deadly disease that threatened all life.
Despite Kaoru's to meet again in two months, he has not returned, Despondent but driven for answers Reiko is led to the Loop project, where she will discover the final truths of the Ring virus.
If you liked the original Ring trilogy, you'll definitely want to read this slim collection of short stories that flesh out the story and the world and tie off a couple of loose ends.
Yes, it's more of the same, but you do get a better sense of closure and motivation for the characters.
Казалось бы, после логичного, не вызывающего никаких вопросов окончания истории в предыдущей книге, уже вряд ли к выдуманной автором вселенной можно и нужно чтото добавить. Но, тем не менее, четвёртая книга прочитана. И хотя она не является полноценным романом, а всего лишь сборником, состоящим из трёх рассказов, по качеству ничем не уступает предыдущим трём книгам.
Какогото общего полноценного сюжета в заключительной части истории о проклятой кассете нет. Как уже я написала выше, это лишь три рассказа и каждый из них полон интересных событий и дополнил истории предыдущих трёх книг. Гроб в небе более подробно опишет ключевое событие второй части цикла, Лимонное сердце возвратит нас к событиям первой книги, а точнее к детективному расследованию жизни главного антагониста. А третий рассказ День рождения является логическим завершением третей книги цикла и объясняет, что случилось с главным героем Петли и не только с ним.
Стоит сказать, что и без четвёртой книги можно было бы обойтись. И без неё история получилась завершённой, никаких вопросов после прочтения предыдущих трёх книг остаться не могло. Многие читатели даже считают, что Рождение откровенно лишняя и неудачная книга. Но я не разделю этого мнения. Как по мне, это вполне интересный, адекватный эпилог. Он не закрывает какието дыры в сюжете которых, к слову, лично я не заметила, а всего лишь более подробно расскажет о самых интересных событиях Звонка, Спирали и Петли. .