Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5
Publisher: VIZ Signature (VIZ Media)
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Volumes: 14.
Spoilers?: Not really.
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Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
Shy Ken Kaneki is
thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that
she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally
questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul
hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which
exists alongside our own.
Review:
Ken lives in a
world with ghouls, things like zombies that eat humans, only the people aren't fully
sure what they look like. Research for them is taking off, but Ken and his
friends aren’t really nervous about it.
And then Ken goes
on a date and is attacked by one.
I was surprised by
his transformation, and his finding out what he is now. He’s human,
until he’s not really either, but also both. Because ghoul’s aren’t made,
they’re born. And his transformation is slow, as he heals from the attack and
then starts craving human flesh instead of normal food.
His struggle with
this is real, and perfectly understandable. And violent. That would be a hard thing to have
to learn, along with the powers he’s developing. But while finding out about
the ghoul world, he’s also trying very hard to stay in the human one, with his
friends.
I was impressed
with this volume. The way he’s changing surprised me, and I really liked it. The
characters have me really intrigued—not only Ken, but also Touka, the girl he
meets, and his best friend, Hide, who I believe knows more than he lets on or
at least will soon.
I was impressed
with this volume, and it has me interested to read the next one.
A review copy was
provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, and Erik Jansen from MediaLab PR. Thank
you so, so much!
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