Koogi

I always know I'm in trouble when a book opens with a dream sequence . . .

To decompress from the tension from last volume's events, Yoon Bum and Oh Sangwoo go on some dates to an amusement park and a ski slope. So they're messed up relationship is in our face the whole volume, except for those times that Oh deals with his mommy issues.

It's all sort of boring and depressing, and I don't care about any of the characters now. I'm going to set this series aside, but I might come back if I hear it has reached a conclusion.… (mais)

The increasing audacity and sheer number of shock value scenes -- so much stabbing, so much rape -- of this thriller series is starting to wear on me.

The cat-and-mouse game between the serial killer, the Stockholm Syndrome victim, and the police officer, Yang, escalates to physical confrontation as Yang goes completely off the rails in his investigation.

Actually, what really got me down about this volume was the closing chapter: a 67-page dream sequence. I hate dream sequences.

I have another volume on hand from the library that will decide if I continue or give up on this series.… (mais)