Dark Water

by Koji Suzuki

Glynne Walley (Translator)

A haunting collection of short stories from Koji Suzuki, author of the smash thriller, Ring, which spawned the hit film and sequels. The first story in this collection has been adapted to film (Dark Water, Walter Salles), and another, "Adrift" is currently in production with Dimension Films.

• ISBN10: 1932234225
• ISBN13: 9781932234220
• Publish Date: 6 June 2006 (first published 1 December 2004)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Vertical
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 279
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781932234220

Reviews

[nannah]

This is a nice collection of short stories. That said, its tagline is "Terror reaches new depths" and it's marketed as a horror book.

Terror? nah. None of these stories were particularly terrifying or even scary. Eerie, maybe some of them, but most of them just gave off a slightly odd atmosphere at most. It could the translation, which was awkward and very heavy, but the stories themselves didn't make any chills go down my spine.

There was also a theme of violence against women that made me uneasy, but then again, that's a staple of the horror genre, isn't it?

I don't know, at the end, the book was just okay.