Death Note - Volumes 4 - 6 by Tsugumi Ohba

Synopsis

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life?

My thoughts

(I've already reviewed the first three volumes of this series and you can check it out here)

These books were a great following to the ones I had already read and the characters are just as fascinating and intriguing as they were in the beginning. My jaw drops with every mental battle between Light and L; they are increadibly smart and the fact that they can keep each other on their toes really adds to the story and makes it a lot more engrossing. Misa's addition was a bit sudden and I'm still trying to understand what exaclty is her role in the story but I actually like her; there is certain mystery to her and although she seems to be a little silly, she's actually quite smart and loyal to Light.

As for the plot, it took some interesting and unexpected turns during these three volumes and I'm curious to see where they will lead. I also loved the fact that the moral question that I had already pointed out on my previous review ae still part of the story and that they have been taken to other levels.

So far I haven't read that many graphic novels/mangas but this series is amazing and if you haven't checked it out yet then do it because the story is great, different from anything that I've ever read and it's so addictive that you'll feel the urge to read it all as fast as possible.

I give 4 out of 5 stars to volumes 4 and 5 and 5 stars to volume 6.

 

Read in April

So these are the books that I read during the month of April.

Herman Wouk is Still Alive by Stephen King - a short story that you can read here

I've review the first two books of the Divergent trilogy and you can check it out here

I really liked this book and the movie adaptation is quite good! Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant as Tiffany.

I loved this book!!!! Lisbeth is a fantastic character and this was definitely a great start to start to the Millenium trilogy.

Tragedy of the Street of Flowers by Eça de Queirós, a great Portuguese writer - although this book wasn't my favorite.

I've already reviewed this book on his blog - you can check out the review here

#Friday Reads (4)

One of my reading resolutions for this year is to branch out and read things that I normally wouldn't pick up. I've recently started to get a bit more into graphic novels and since I didn't feel like starting a new book this weekend I thought that it would be a great opportunity to continue some of the series that I've already started.

First of all, I'll be reading volumes 4 to 6 from the Death Note series created by Tsugumi Ohba. I've already reviewed the first three volumes of the series - review here - and so far I've been really enjoying it; it has a great concept and the story raises a lot of interesting questions. I'll leave you the synopsis here:

Light Yamagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary Detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on hios heels, will Light loose sight of his nobel goal ... or his life?

 

After that I'll be reading The Hedge Knight II - Sworn Sword by George R R Martin. I've already read the first volume - review here - and I'm really looking forward to see what will happen next with Ser Duncan.

Hope you guys have a great weekend ;)

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Synopsis

Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.

(from Goodreads)

My Thoughts

This book had been sitting on my bookshelf for a long time but I though it was time to finally pick it up and see a different take on vampire stories. I wanted to read something that wouldn't romanticize vampires or create ridiculous love triangles envolving humans and werewolves and, fortunately, this book gave me that. At least the vampires in this story slept in coffins and would only come out at night - at least it respected the image that I've always had about vampires.

When I started reading this book, I thought the whole concept seemed quite interesting, the characters showed some promise and I was actually enjoying it. As for the characters, I think that Louis and Claudia were more captivating than the others, although I believe that was because we got to follow their journey more closely. Louis' story was compelling; he counld'n fully embrace the fact that he was vampire, he felt conflicted about it. Killing people to satisfy his hunger seemed to repulse him in a certain way and he always came across as more human than it was expected from a vampire. However, Claudia was more magnetic and fascinating; even though she had the body of a small girl, we could definetly see that she had the mind and posture of grown woman - I would even say that she was somewhat sensual in the way she carried herself, which seems odd in a child. She was also quite curious and inteligent, always seeking the answers to all of her questions.

In spite of the fact that the book was well written and it had an interesting concept, I struggled to get through it. The narrative wasn't dynamic and it seemed to drag for a long time, there weren't a lot of dialogues between the characters and I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing, something that could really grab my attention. I wanted to like this book but I don't and I'm starting to come to terms with the idea that vampires stories just aren't my cup of tea.

However, if you've seen the movie but haven't read the book and like vampire stories, I would recommend reading it.

I give it 2,5 stars.

# Friday reads (3)

Unfortunately I haven't been reading that much lately and my Friday reads for this week is still Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (you can check out what I've written about the book here). 

I'm more than half way through and I hope to finish it within the next couple of days leave a review here so you can see what I though of it.

Hopefully, next week's Friday reads will be a bit more exciting :)

Quote of the Week # 13

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” 

 George R R Martin

# Friday Reads (2)

This hash tag was created on Twitter and it's main purpose is to share with other people what we'll be reading during the weekend. It's now becoming a trend on the BookTube community and I've been really enjoying these videos because they always talk a little bit about the books they have chosen to read and tell us how they are liking the book so far.

This weekend I'll be reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for a while and today I decided to pick it up; I'm already 54 pages in and so far I'm enjoying it.

You can find this synopsis on Goodreads:

Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.

I know there's a movie that stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt but I've never watch it and, honestly, I don't know if I'll ever watch it because I'm not the biggest fan of Tom Cruise's work.