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Bezig met laden... Otaku Blue - tome 1 - Tokyo Underground (1/2)door Richard Marazano
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. With a serial killer, maid cafes, and Gothic Lolitas, you'd think this would be a sexy thriller, but it literally put me to sleep. Half the story is about Asami, a sociologist investigating otaku ("geeks") while her relationship with an annoying dude slowly falls apart. Meanwhile super dull police investigate a mysterious killer who cuts pieces off his victim's bodies. I suppose in the next volume these two stories will come together, but I shall not be returning to find out how as I do not care one iota. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Otaku Blue (1)
Comic and Graphic Books.
Fiction.
Mystery.
Asami is a sociology student studying otaku for her thesis. Her relationship with Kotaro is on the rocks: she's busy with her research, and he's an aspiring filmmaker working on a J-horror flick. The real horror is out there on the streets: a serial killer who amputates body parts from his prostitute victims. What's his sick game? As Inspector Arakawa and his young protégé Ryohei wade deeper into depravity, Asami, with the help of cosplayer Maiko, sets out in search of an otaku so elusive he's almost an urban legend in the youth culture capital of Akihabara: the mysterious Bunt Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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A bigger problem is the lack of any tension as the body count rises. It feels like the deaths are happening to give the detective something to do rather than for any other reason. The fact that this is just the first part of a story in two parts doesn't help either. The conclusion felt abrupt and I was left with little incentive to seek out the concluding part. ( )