Another - anime

The Anime is called Another, as in the title of the anime is Another......

Hope that's cleared up, I have no idea what to say about the title apart from its a ball ache.
This is another dark anime, even I wanted to close my eyes at some death scenes.

In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School's class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the unexpected loss, the students and teachers behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, 15-year-old Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama's class 3-3, where he meets the peculiar Mei Misaki, who is seemingly ignored by her classmates. The class is soon caught up in a strange epidemic, where its students and their relatives are caught up in mysterious deaths. Learning these deaths have something to do with the Misaki of 1972, it is up to Kōichi and Mei to discover the cause of these mysterious deaths and figure out how to stop it before it puts an end to them.

It is very creepy, I think the atmosphere is fantastic and is kept through all of the show, I found the beginning a bit slow moving but it did build up the creepiness.
I just was willing the main character to find out more...how did he not find it frustrating that no-one would tell him anything, he seemed fine with the slow pace where I certainly wasn't.
So this is where it fell a bit short, I felt the main character was missing some part of his personality, if you went up to this guy kicked him it the balls he may just ask you why you did it, then when you shrug he would just walk away...slowly

We are flowing Kōichi Sakakibara

I did find him very bland and he just didn't seemed worried about the situation one bit. I think it did add to the "who is it" as a few of the characters where like this.

The next main character is Mei Misaki

Again same sort of character, didn't seem to care when her life was threatened or she was in any sort of danger, just no sense of urgency about her.
Then you have the rest of the class, most are just there to be killed but there are some other characters that get more screen time.

The end felt...I don't know rushed I guess, I get it but there was a touching moment with one of the characters and I felt it could of been more than what it was.

I did have fun with this anime, I would recommend it to anyone that likes horror/mystery.

I've only just started with my anime journey and so far its been great, I've been very lucky with my choices so far. Watching Clannad at the moment which is going to take me awhile but I'm enjoying it and Steins Gate is next on my list.

Please let me know if you have a favourite, I'm looking for more to add to my list.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Anime

How Cow

This was awesome...

Synopses:

After experiencing a bizarre dream, Madoka Kaname, a kind 14-year-old girl, encounters a magical creature named Kyube. Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are offered the opportunity of gaining magical powers if they agree to make a contract with the strange little being. He will also grant them one wish, but in exchange they shall risk their lives by accepting the responsibility of fighting witches. Invisible to human eyes, witches are catalysts of despair in the areas they inhabit. An ally of Kyube, a magical girl named Mami Tomoe, befriends and encourages the two girls to accept the contract. For an unknown reason, another magical girl named Homura Akemi is determined to prevent Madoka from accepting the deal.

All you really need to know is that Kyube is freaky...I mean seriously creepy

The girls are awesome, I love the character development and how the story develops...its so cool, it was so much more than I expected it to be

I just love the style, the story is very dark I even shed a tear.

I also wanted to share this YouTube channel, this is the reason I watched this show...his reviews are AWESOME, he must put so much effort into them

LathanCroweTV - YouTube Channel

Please check him out.

Safe Word - Teresa Mummert

I think this will be a long rant with spoilers and swearing.....

Safe Word on Amazon UK

I have no idea what I just read


Another warning of spoilers and swearing proceed at your own risk


Cole/Colt meets Rose/Lilly they have a past, in love when there were kids her dad abused her..it implies she rich kid but the description of where she lives doesn't seem to be that way so I don't even know.
Anyway they meet in a bar he doesn't remember her straight away, he wants to remember her so they meet up again. Turns out now he's a bad boy.... as in kidnaps women for ransom.
So in the end he realizes who she is, kidnaps her and makes out he has no choice...well yes you fucking did sir you had a fucking choice. I don't even get this part at all.
He acts like he cares so he Kidnaps an abused girl who's going by a different name so she's been through some shit.
She's scared and he's nasty to her... but he doesn't want them both dead? so he has to be nasty (nice), so he's mean to her and tells her she better go along with what he says, he tries to keep his distance but they end up getting it on (again scared ABUSED girl here locked up in a bedroom and this is all OK)
I know she knows him, but in this seriously scary fucking situation there is no way in hell she would be doing this...he isn't even nice to her.
Turns out he is an ex cop and while he isn't really the bad guy but he is...in fact I'm not even sure. I think he is like an undercover cop that doesn't work for the police but the government although they put him in prison (for something he doesn't do) but he gets sent off to do another job...with a new identity. I just don't know to be honest with you.
Its just one big clusterfuck of a flip in the story I don't even understand, there was even a point a feel like it was implied that Lilly/Rose wasn't in danger and this was the plan all along even though her going to find him was totally random.
The amber thing holy hell he saved her once so they were friends, which made him become a cop, till he wasn't a cop, decided that he loves Amber but not in the same way as Lilly/Rose.
Is a huge chunk of this book missing. I don't understand why he had to kidnap her I really don't, and because of this the whole book felt fake I didn't understand what was going on half the time, I was re-reading bits, the characters were flat and didn't do anything that made sense.
I feel like I've just read a load of random stuff like the story was only half thought about, then just cut and pasted together.
Maybe I'm being silly or just totally missed something...I'm glad its super short or I may of smashed my kindle up.

Don't get me wrong I've read a lot of Teresa Mummert's stuff and for the most part I like her books but this one...What the fucking hell was this.

Maybe I will like this book once its explained to me, but should a book really be so badly written or edited that I don't understand and I have to search for answer to what the hell it was about, now I do think every book is a work of love and it takes a lot of time and energy and I couldn't do it myself but this book for me personally wasn't good at all.

0.5/5

I think for a kidnapping book the people shouldn't know each other, and not be childhood sweethearts...why would you kidnap them.
They should fall for each other over time, not be worried one minute unsure about your safety to shagging the next.

WTF!

 

Anime - School Days

This is why I haven't been reading too much because I've been addicted to this anime, now people seem to love it or hate it. I thought it was OK then the ending happened which for me took it to awesome level and I just can't stop thinking about it.
I googled the relationship chart....but its so complicated and such a pain in the butt that it proving impossible so I might have to try and give this a go but first synopses:

When Makoto saw Kotonoha on the train one day, he fell in love at first sight. Luckily, his classmate Sekai’s nosy personality ensures him an introduction to his crush, and soon the two begin to date. However, Kotonoha isn’t the only one with eyes for Makoto - a fact that any horny teenager would be delighted with. With endless temptations, lies and heartbreak at every turn, Makoto and Kotonoha’s relationship will soon be put to the ultimate test...


I guess this may be spoilers but the story isn't anything really, in fact its kind of stupid how these girls act and react to everything, puts them in beyond dumb category but like I said that ending....

Ok heres the relationship/storyline

Makoto Falls for

Kotonoha she likes him too.

Sekai sets Makoto and Kotonoha up by befriending Kotonoha. Turns out she is hiding the fact that she likes Makoto.

Setsuna is Sekai's best friend, she finds out Sekai likes Makoto so tried to keep Makoto and Kotonoha apart.....strange thing is Makoto was nice to her once and she also is hiding the fact she likes Makoto.

Otome knows Makoto from middle school, she likes him just because she does. Some of Otome's friends thrown in there for a threesome.

Hikari I think was the same thing, to be honest she doesn't seem to like him too much but if all these girls want some so why wouldn't she. She is also friends with Sekai.

 

If I went into detail about how these relationships come about I would be here all night so this is the simple version.

I want to talk about the ending I really do but to me that was the best bit, the story starts OK I think.. then it all gets to a point where its just sex for weird reasons. Girls aren't like this and I really hated the main character Makoto, at first I really liked him then he went from nice to ass really quickly. That's why the ending was so satisfying. Sekai turned out to be a cow herself so her ending was fine serves her right, felt sort of sorry for Kotonoha but I was also thinking crazy b*tch

 

I know loads of people hate School Days but I thought it was dumb but amazing all at the same time.

The Half Life Of Hannah - Nick Alexander

The Half Life Of Hannah - Amazon UK 59p

If your first love came back to offer you everything you ever dreamed of, what would you do?

Hannah is thirty-eight and the happily married mother of eleven-year-old Luke, the diamond in her world. Her marriage is reassuringly stable, and after fifteen years she has managed to push the wild dreams of youth from her mind and concentrate on the everyday satisfactions of here and now. The first half of her life hasn’t been as exciting as she had hoped, but then, she reckons, whose has?

When she succeeds in convincing husband Cliff to rent a villa in the south of France for a summer vacation with her sister Jill, and gay friend Tristan, she’s expecting little more than a pleasant few weeks with her family.
But they each have their own baggage – their own secrets – ready to explode on this not-so-relaxing holiday in France.

When a phone call at the villa announces the imminent arrival of a ghost from her past the ambiance is transformed into a raging sea of jealousy as Hannah is forced to question everything she thought she knew and believed.

But is she brave enough to take the life-changing decisions her future happiness requires?

My Thoughts

This book was a slow starter for me, think I was reading around a chapter a day. But once I hit around half way through I really wanted to know all the secrets.
You get to feel the dynamics of the family's and friendships which is why I think it was a slow starter, but it serves the book well in the end because you get to know the characters and what roles they play.
I liked all the characters, they all felt real and acted the way I would of expected. I liked all the different relationships and how everyone interacted.
I liked the story once it all started to unravel, overall was simple there wasn't too much to it really, it was an enjoyable easy read. The ending I did like I think it suited the story well.

How many times have I said like in this review...think that sums it up really, I Liked this book, it was fine, it isn't going to change my life in anyway and hasn't really left me with anything to think about...but I liked it.

I would give it 2.5/5

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Bout of Books - Final Day

Well this is the end and I did better than expected. I'm about 3 chapters in to The Half Life Of Hannah by Nick Alexander which I'm enjoying so far. There is no chance I will finish it today but I didn't think I would be starting on the book anytime soon.

I was also thinking I could start a monthly theme. I wanted to start this with free books on the kindle but that's as far as I've got with the thought process.

I loved doing the read-a-thon and hope to do more in the future.

Bout of Books Day 5 - Dead Broken - Gerard Gray

So I've finished my 3rd book...I'm so proud of myself :)

Dead Broken Psychological Thriller- Amazon UK

In this book we are following Pete he is Catholic married to Karen and they have two children Depp and Michael. They seem a very typical family, Pete has problems in his past and his mind doesn't seem very stable. The News is following the story of Father John Thomas who has been taken in for questioning in relation to 3 murdered children. Strange things start happening when Pete buys a book from E-bay, which seems to have been sent from the same church of  Father John Thomas.

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this book, his relationship with his wife felt very real but it wasn't the main focus of the book. Pete himself I'm not even sure, his mind is very twisted I had no idea what was going on sometimes, so it really throws you around. You can feel his torment which is great I think it really suited the book.
The problem I had was to feel the torment to understand what was going through his mind the book went to his past a lot, and it seemed to drag on. In parts it felt like he was trying to build tension which is fine, but I was getting bored and frustrated as the story wasn't being moved along. Which is why I'm tormented, as it added to the book and to the eerie feeling but it was also annoying.

The first half I found confusing, the second half I found I was skimming part towards the end of the book. The ending I'm unsure of, I find it hard to believe how the person was able to give there account on what happened, due to the state they were in.

I think an open ending would of suited better, would of kept me with the weird confused feeling I had through-out the book.

 

 

I would say its worth a read, 2 1/2 stars.

The book has some brutal parts, just thought I would warn anyone wanting to read this.