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Originally Posted by thrawn_aj
Wow! I didn't know the Ring series was so involved.
One question - am I right that out of the American versions of the movies (Ring and Ring 2), only the first is represented in the books? That was a tortured sentence  - I guess what I'm asking is, for someone who's watched both American movies, where would you recommend starting? Probably at the beginning of the series?
I confess that your description of book 3 intrigued me the most. How the author changes from horror to SF is something I'm drying to find out  . In any case, thanks for the reviews! |
The Ring is pretty involved, but you CAN read book 2 with out reading book 1, as they pretty much sum up the whole book within the story. I know the book got some negative reviews because of this.
Ring 2 has NOTHING to do with Spiral from the description that I see on imdb.com, it's a whole other thing. In fact Ring 1 movie has only little to do with the book IIRC.
The best way I can describe the whole series is as if a camera is zooming out. You get Ring 1, camera pulls back, you get the effects of that book in a broader sense in Spiral, then it goes even further out, and you get Loop.
Loop is just an odd book. It makes you think....and is compared to a certain movie that I will not name, and people say its a ripoff of that movie....but the book was published before it came out LOL, soooo....yeah.
The science behind it is pretty cool, and there is a lot of facts being thrown about, but these are pretty quick reads, I finished one of these in about the time it would take you to watch one of the LOTR extended movies.
Seabound: No worries! I try to keep things as spoiler free as possible without just recapping the jacket LOL.