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Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
I'm really confused about Johan and Anna/Nina's timeline. When did the Red Rose Mansion stuff happen, 511 Kinderheim, Nina and Johan's mother, etc.? There are a lot of parts here, and while the connections are still interesting, it can be a bit much.I've started to question whether Johan's death wou...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
Okay, the bit with Johan trying to break poor little Milosh was horrible. I vaguely remember thinking, early on in the series, that Johan was so often around children because he actually liked them and saw a little of the boy he once was in them. In reality, though, he treats them no better than any...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
[spoiler] Nina kills four people in this volume, which seems very...odd. It doesn't fit what we've seen of her up to this point. One she kills with a gun, and the other three she kills with poisoned candy, like her brother. Very bewildering. Have the events of the previous volumes broken her, and is...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
The story is back to feeling a bit scattered. I'm worried for Tenma and what his goal, if he can accomplish it, will do to him. I wonder about Johan and that picture book. What Johan is inspiring those kids to do is pretty chilling – they look up to him, and it gets them either hurt or killed. It's ...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
I love this volume. It reveals that everything Johan has done during the past four years is related. Actually, everything, period, is related – the PI's therapist (or whatever) is a colleague of the criminal psychologist from earlier in the series, and the PI used to be one of the cops investigating...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
This volume was basically composed of two parts – the first part, with Tenma, his ex-fiancee, and Roberto, and the second part with Karl. Tenma continues to be doggedly good, saving two people who he knows could be dangerous to him. Seeing what Tenma's ex, Eva, had become, it was hard to imagine the...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 11 years ago
I have decided that Lunge is creepy – willing to let a known killer go in order to go after Tenma. He reminds me a bit of L from Death Note. Anyway, both Lunge and the criminal psychologist assume the “Johan” is just another personality of Tenma's, and not a real, separate person. The bit at the end...
Hello Book, So Long Sleep...
Hello Book, So Long Sleep... rated it 11 years ago
Suggestion - If you're going to read this series I suggest you get at least 5 out at a time. (There's 18 volumes all together) I have no idea why but these books have me hooked. In fact the last three nights I think I've dreamed about the volume I had just finished. I can't believe I'm only on vol...
allcomic
allcomic rated it 11 years ago
My god this series. Another one-sitter. It's just fantastic. Mystery, intrigue, suspense, action, feels! It had it all. Buy this series right now. Break into your local shop if you have to.
Inkspot Fancy
Inkspot Fancy rated it 12 years ago
A fantastic ending to a great series. I can't say 8 is my favorite volume - it has a little too much wrapping up to do - but taken as an ending, it pulls everything together, puts the sacrifices and losses in context and left me with the feeling that there really weren't any truly bad guys - or if t...
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