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A review by bugcollector
Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories by Junji Ito
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book hit me and it didn't felt like a kiss, didn't make me shiver either.
Coming into this I just wondered if his short stories were as uneventful as his longer ones.
Unfortunately Ito is a good gore painter, but not much of a horror teller to my taste.
I was really underwhelmed, the characters are drawn the same, and you can see his process as you read- he found something interesting and was more into the drawing aspect then the story one
(he admints that himself- after each story there's an information page about how it came to be, and it's the same story every time)
At this point I've become a hater and I need to stop..
Coming into this I just wondered if his short stories were as uneventful as his longer ones.
Unfortunately Ito is a good gore painter, but not much of a horror teller to my taste.
I was really underwhelmed, the characters are drawn the same, and you can see his process as you read- he found something interesting and was more into the drawing aspect then the story one
(he admints that himself- after each story there's an information page about how it came to be, and it's the same story every time)
At this point I've become a hater and I need to stop..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Blood, and Body horror