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Title	:	Ju-on Volume 1 (呪怨 #1)
Author	:	Kei Ohishi
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	September 19th 2006 by Dark Horse Manga (first published January 2003)
Categories	:	Horror. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Cultural. Japan. Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal

Ju-on Volume 1 (呪怨 #1) Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

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You must have seen this boy quite a number of times. Hope not in your dreams but in those funny startling email jokes. In case you don't know his name, it is Toshio from the the movie Ju-on

Ju-on literally means the curse or the grudge. It is said that when one person dies with a deep and burning grudge, a curse is born. This curse accumulates in the place where that person lived, and becomes a "karma." Anyone who comes into contact with this curse dies, and the curse is recreated anew.

If most of movie adaptations come from successful books, Ju-on case was the reversed. It was originally released as two low-budget straight-to-video Japanese television movies in 2000. Due to the success of the two videos, a movie adaptation was made in Japan and was distributed in the US. The Americans, following the commercial success of The Ring, patronized this so it had a sequel, Ju-on: The Grudge 2 and so the Japanese movie had a American version starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Like The Ring, it was not as scary as the Japanese version though.

In short, this Ju-On: A Novel is the novelization of the two videos and movies. My first.

This is a story of a extremely shy and introverted young lady, Kayako. She marries a sadistic man, Takeo who has a medical condition called oligospermia or low sperm count. Despite this condition, the couple have a child 7-y/o son, Toshio who has witnessed the time when his father killed his mother. The reason: the doctor failed to explain well to Takeo that a man suffering from oligospermia can be a father. Enraged with jealousy, Takeo tortures and kills Kayako while Toshio, fearing for his life, is hiding in the attic.

I am not really into horror books so I have not enough benchmarks to say that this deserves a 5-star rating. However, what I like about this book is its minimalist approach in writing and the scary ambiance that this creates (quite contradictory but that is how effective the writer is). Plot also puts you on the edge of your seat. This is the type of story that if your daughter suddenly slams the door of her room, you would get startled. Because she normally does that and I am used to it by now. I started reading the book in the morning today and I could not put it down and shift to another like whenever I try to continue reading Haruki Murakami's Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. Ju-On is an easy yet engaging book. The format is also interesting. Each chapter is entitled with the name of the character who, following the trend that you will realize while reading, will most likely die. So, when you are reading and you see the name of a character, you will say: "Oh my, she is next!"

The killing time starts with one of the characters, either possessed or demented, uttering the name of the ghost-mother:

Ka... ya... ko

and this lady shows up

I thought I saw the Japanese version of this movie but it was long time ago. As in most cases, the book is better than film.

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Original Title:	呪怨
ISBN:	159582071X (ISBN13: 9781595820716)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	呪怨 #1

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The Ju-On series of movies are my favourite horror series ever, so of course, I was desperate to read the book! I was very glad I did. I bought it from Amazon and you can get it quite cheap.Having seen all the Ju-On films (and American remakes), I know the stories pretty well, and it was great to see that the book wasn't exactly the same, so it was like a whole new story. The ending was very sad, and you get far more of a sense of Kayako's feelings, thanks to her journal entries. You get a far

3.5 stars ⭐ It is a translated novelization if the Ju-On Grudge movies so it doesnt flow easily, but it definitely gave me the creeps! If youve seen any if the movies you can hear the sounds in this book 😵

If you've seen the movie "The Grudge" this is basically it in paperback. It is still a fun one to read though. Hey any book that kills five people in a gruesome way in the first two chapters has got my favorite vote!

As I expected it was REALLY INTERESTING BOOK. Not scary at all. It was very sad.... and of course terrifying. Some scenes made my face pale from emotions the characters felt. Poor Kayako. I would hug her and wouldn't let her be so sad and angry anymore. I can imagine what she felt all her life. I felt exactly the SAME. I understand her hatred because I feel the same. If dead people can take revenge for real, my soul after death will do the same as Kayako did. I also want to take revenge on so

The movie was scary, but this book isn't. It's terrifying. Humans can do some unthinkable things to each other. I can't say I've enjoyed reading the book. It just made me sad knowing that this could actually happen and I'm not talking about the supernatural stuff. We watch the news these days and it doesn't seem any different from the story in the book. I pray people can heal and treat others with dignity. Don't read this book if you still want to believe in the good in humanity. And one last

The author's GRUDGE against women WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCENES OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND RAPEI know that seems kind of silly for a horror novel but, this book seems to revel in the way it tortures the women in the book as if this was a sick fantasy for the author.The story itself is terrible as, after you get the main story of Kayako, it just keeps repeating that narrative in some form or fashion through out the book with all the characters.Everyone dies save one person, but you expect this,

I just finished this book, and I don't know yet what I feel about it. I know it deserves all of the stars, because it's very good, but I don't know if I really love it or not.I'm a huge fan of the movies, seen them all, both the japonese saga and the american trilogy, so yeah, this book was amazing for me. But there were some changes, specially to one character - changing the gender and most of the back story - and the ending. The ending was very different. One particular thing that happens I