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michellewords's review against another edition
4.0
In Book 1, Kara and her friends kick Japanese evil spirit's butt--but he essentially puts a demon bounty on her and herfriends.
The Spirits of the Noh picks up the pace pretty quick with a new demon, who found a way to the real world through a Noh mask. Creepy demon starts killing off members of the Noh club, but seems to escape witnesses every time.
The second book in The Waking series was good, but it did miss some of the deep between-the-lines symbolism from the first one. I could see hints of it with Kara's mother's presence in her dreams and her dad's relationship with Miss Aritomo, but it kinda stayed on the surface.
Still I have to love the book. Golden's style is so perfect that I could just read and read and read all the words. It's such a good balance of description and dialogue with minimal exposition. It's beautiful.
On to the final book in the series!
The Spirits of the Noh picks up the pace pretty quick with a new demon, who found a way to the real world through a Noh mask. Creepy demon starts killing off members of the Noh club, but seems to escape witnesses every time.
The second book in The Waking series was good, but it did miss some of the deep between-the-lines symbolism from the first one. I could see hints of it with Kara's mother's presence in her dreams and her dad's relationship with Miss Aritomo, but it kinda stayed on the surface.
Still I have to love the book. Golden's style is so perfect that I could just read and read and read all the words. It's such a good balance of description and dialogue with minimal exposition. It's beautiful.
On to the final book in the series!
kateh3077's review against another edition
5.0
I have given this book a 5 star rating as I did the first book as I loved it even more than the first one, and on the basis of both of these books if the last one in the trilogy is as good it will become one of my all time favourite trilogies which I will re read regularly.
In this installment of the trilogy we see that Kara is starting to fit in her Japanese boarding school although can bond a group of people like having to deal with an ancient demon cursing you. We also see Kara and her friends Miho and Sakura helping to put on a Noh play for the Noh Drama club, which is the story of the Hannya - a snake demon who inhabits the body of a beautiful woman.
While the preparations for the play are happening some of the Noh Club members suddenly dissapear and although all the adults just say that they have run away Kara fears that the real Hannya has been awakened by the Katsukis curse. When Kara's friend Miho is abducted Kara knows she has to do something to destroy the demon before it destroys her friend but this isn't going to be as easy as she thinks to destroy the demon as it is wily and may be hidden in the last place she would ever think to look.
The enduring love of a father for his daughter as well as the growing love between two couples shows its strength when Kara and her friends are carrying out the bell ringing ceremony to destroy the demon once it has left Miss Artimo's, the art teachers and Kara's dad's gorlfriends body. It does this by the fact that Kara and her father fight to save Miss Artimo as well as kara fighting to protect her father from the demon. As well as the strength of belief the the group of friends have that what they are doing is right. Tbrough out this book the times when Kara and her friend's were experiencing periods of absolute cold fear when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and your skin feels prickly thanks to the authors amazing writing as a reader you actually feel it yourself, which makes it feel like your in the story yourself.
As with the first book I found it interesting to find out about Japanese culture and belief systems as well as the festivals that they celebrate.
So all in all I can't wait to see how the story develops and reaches its conclusion in the next and final book of the trilogy.
In this installment of the trilogy we see that Kara is starting to fit in her Japanese boarding school although can bond a group of people like having to deal with an ancient demon cursing you. We also see Kara and her friends Miho and Sakura helping to put on a Noh play for the Noh Drama club, which is the story of the Hannya - a snake demon who inhabits the body of a beautiful woman.
While the preparations for the play are happening some of the Noh Club members suddenly dissapear and although all the adults just say that they have run away Kara fears that the real Hannya has been awakened by the Katsukis curse. When Kara's friend Miho is abducted Kara knows she has to do something to destroy the demon before it destroys her friend but this isn't going to be as easy as she thinks to destroy the demon as it is wily and may be hidden in the last place she would ever think to look.
The enduring love of a father for his daughter as well as the growing love between two couples shows its strength when Kara and her friends are carrying out the bell ringing ceremony to destroy the demon once it has left Miss Artimo's, the art teachers and Kara's dad's gorlfriends body. It does this by the fact that Kara and her father fight to save Miss Artimo as well as kara fighting to protect her father from the demon. As well as the strength of belief the the group of friends have that what they are doing is right. Tbrough out this book the times when Kara and her friend's were experiencing periods of absolute cold fear when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and your skin feels prickly thanks to the authors amazing writing as a reader you actually feel it yourself, which makes it feel like your in the story yourself.
As with the first book I found it interesting to find out about Japanese culture and belief systems as well as the festivals that they celebrate.
So all in all I can't wait to see how the story develops and reaches its conclusion in the next and final book of the trilogy.
asylumteaparty's review against another edition
4.0
A well written and intersting story about how the supernatural might still be a part of our world. This bookseries is particularly interesting if you are facinated by and enjoy japanese culture.
sasbookreviews's review against another edition
4.0
The waking series pulls you in and it doesn't you go till the end. I read the first book in one night and found the other two a few years later. If you like Japanese folk lore this series doesn't disappoint. I literally dreamed about the demons in these books after I read them.
Book 1 : n american girl named Kara moves to Japan with her dad who gets a teaching job at the local high school. Sakura is the schools rule breaker she is morning the loss of her sister when see meets Kara and Introduces her to her friend Miho a shy girl. Kara has nightmares a bout a dead girl who turns out to be Sakura's sister who was murdered. Kara tells the girls and Sakura thinks its her sister seeking revenge, but could it be something worse like a demon feeding off Sakura's grief. Can the girls get the ghost to rest before it causes more damage???? read to find out.
Book 2: The girls are back and their putting on a Noh play about a Hannya a snake demon that feeds off female jealousy. Students start to disappear and Kara doesn't think the plays theme is no longer a coincidence she thinks the curse is bad and in the form of the Hannya demon. IS Kara right and how will the girls stop this new demon??? Read to find out.
BOOK 3: The girls are back one last time with one last demon curse of the Noh a Yuki-Onna a snow women. Yuki-Onna lurse men to their death by freezing them like ice-cycles. The friends all go out on a field trip and a student goes missing, the friends know its the curse at it again and this time its Yuki-Onna who legion says lives on the mountain. The worst part is the Yuki-Onna has Kara's boyfriend too who went after the missing student and Kara wants him back. Will Kara succeed will the finds defeat YUKI-Onna???? Read the final installment of the series to find out.
Book 1 : n american girl named Kara moves to Japan with her dad who gets a teaching job at the local high school. Sakura is the schools rule breaker she is morning the loss of her sister when see meets Kara and Introduces her to her friend Miho a shy girl. Kara has nightmares a bout a dead girl who turns out to be Sakura's sister who was murdered. Kara tells the girls and Sakura thinks its her sister seeking revenge, but could it be something worse like a demon feeding off Sakura's grief. Can the girls get the ghost to rest before it causes more damage???? read to find out.
Book 2: The girls are back and their putting on a Noh play about a Hannya a snake demon that feeds off female jealousy. Students start to disappear and Kara doesn't think the plays theme is no longer a coincidence she thinks the curse is bad and in the form of the Hannya demon. IS Kara right and how will the girls stop this new demon??? Read to find out.
BOOK 3: The girls are back one last time with one last demon curse of the Noh a Yuki-Onna a snow women. Yuki-Onna lurse men to their death by freezing them like ice-cycles. The friends all go out on a field trip and a student goes missing, the friends know its the curse at it again and this time its Yuki-Onna who legion says lives on the mountain. The worst part is the Yuki-Onna has Kara's boyfriend too who went after the missing student and Kara wants him back. Will Kara succeed will the finds defeat YUKI-Onna???? Read the final installment of the series to find out.
absurtiddy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
jldyer's review
3.0
I like Japanese horror because bad things can happen to good people. There's never any moralizing characters into "deserving" the bad things that happen to them. Overall I liked the story. The book is short (under 300 pages) and that makes it a quick read. I enjoyed the continuing of the story and character development, but I felt something was missing. Sometimes I felt a little bored waiting on the story to pick up.
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