Uketsu

Jim Rion (Translator)

A Japanese mystery horror bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the Youtube sensation Uketsu.

A series of drawings by a pregnant woman conceal a chilling warning.
 
A child's picture of his home contains within it a dark secret message. 

A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth into a terrifying investigation 

Can you find the hidden clues in these strange pictures and discover what connects them all? When you do, a sinister truth will be revealed.

Strange Pictures

Easy interesting read. Got me curious and finished quickly.

Tina Villarete

It was fun to tear through this thrilling page turner to connect the dots that Uketsu laid out for us. Fun read, well done. 

Joe Ricupero

A lot of people liked this one more than I did. It was creepy at the beginning, but I think that Japanese is a hard language to translate smoothly. You can really feel that sort of disjointedness the closer you get to the end as perspectives constantly change. It wrapped everything up nicely but a lot of moments were forgettable to a point where I was flipping back through pages to trigger my memory. 

While it’s an easy and engaging read, plot falls a bit flat and there isn’t a compelling plot/story to the mystery 

haitchex

really like how they included drawings & a fake screenshot of a blog. i also liked how the timeline wasn't linear and it just revealed pieces of information slowly which makes the ultimate reveal shocking to a certain extent while also not making it as overwhelming as some thrillers! i started this book today and couldn't put it down i literally fell asleep holding my kindle cause i really didn't wanna put it down... 

i get the hype! altho there were parts that were a little hard to follow but i think it's just that my brain  couldn't remember some plot pieces since they were revealed so. dull (?) i don't know if this makes sense but it's like i didn't pick it up as relevant since it was revealed so naturally that when it all tied together i was :0. good book!!!! deserves its flowers. i can't wait to read strange houses!

yapped too much in this. but it was just a good book! 

really like how they included drawings & a fake screenshot of a blog. i also liked how the timeline wasn't linear and it just revealed pieces of information slowly which makes the ultimate reveal shocking to a certain extent while also not making it as overwhelming as some thrillers! i started this book today and couldn't put it down i literally fell asleep holding my kindle cause i really didn't wanna put it down... 

i get the hype! altho there were parts that were a little hard to follow but i think it's just that my brain  couldn't remember some plot pieces since they were revealed so. dull (?) i don't know if this makes sense but it's like i didn't pick it up as relevant since it was revealed so naturally that when it all tied together i was :0. good book!!!! deserves its flowers. i can't wait to read strange houses!

yapped too much in this. but it was just a good book! 

Strange Pictures

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