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FRAGILE by Konohara Narise
Aug. 30th, 2008 09:39 amI feel like I constantly write about the books I hated...I need to devote more time to writing about the books I liked. Unfortunately, it takes so much longer to write about a book I like while it's easy to whip up a nasty rant for the crappy ones. :P
This time my crap rant is for Fragile by Konohara Narise and illustrated by Takao Hiroi. Though it's not my taste AT ALL, I wouldn't have stuck it in the "crap" category if Konohara-sensei had ended the book earlier. You know how people talk about how a movie would've been so much better if it had ended 15 minutes earlier? This is definitely like that. The end I thought would've been appropriate (and elevated the book out of "crap") is pretty nasty, it would've been cool.
I tend to avoid books with naked people in chains on the cover, but I went for it anyway because it was by Konohara-sensei. Oooh, boy. I ended up skipping to the last fourth of the book because I couldn't read the middle where the uke gets degraded and dehumanized and humiliated. The end was actually pretty interesting, but ultimately made me want to hurt something. She ruined the chance for truly shocking ending! It wouldn't have redeemed the book, but it would've left me with a feeling other than utter disgust!
( Erg, I think I think I need to flesh out the story a bit more so that I can rant with more specifics. )
The art is of the more "realistic" style, which made the illustrations much more disturbing. I think it fits the book, but I definitely don't care for it.
This time my crap rant is for Fragile by Konohara Narise and illustrated by Takao Hiroi. Though it's not my taste AT ALL, I wouldn't have stuck it in the "crap" category if Konohara-sensei had ended the book earlier. You know how people talk about how a movie would've been so much better if it had ended 15 minutes earlier? This is definitely like that. The end I thought would've been appropriate (and elevated the book out of "crap") is pretty nasty, it would've been cool.
I tend to avoid books with naked people in chains on the cover, but I went for it anyway because it was by Konohara-sensei. Oooh, boy. I ended up skipping to the last fourth of the book because I couldn't read the middle where the uke gets degraded and dehumanized and humiliated. The end was actually pretty interesting, but ultimately made me want to hurt something. She ruined the chance for truly shocking ending! It wouldn't have redeemed the book, but it would've left me with a feeling other than utter disgust!
( Erg, I think I think I need to flesh out the story a bit more so that I can rant with more specifics. )
The art is of the more "realistic" style, which made the illustrations much more disturbing. I think it fits the book, but I definitely don't care for it.
