( 6 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 7 2008
I am beginning to like Clamp. I was given the first volume of xxxHolic and was impressed. Now this book is pretty interesting too. It makes one uncomfortable though, what does this 32 year old man want with this little girl?
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Posted: Jun 17 2007
I'm not a huge graphic novel person - but occasionally I pick one up, get sucked into the plot, and can't put it down. Suki did exactly this. Let me start out by saying this story is filled with moral (and textual) ambiguities. It's not a simplistic, nice story. But that's what makes it intriguing. It's a *real* coming of age story - believable, complex, and very sympathetic characters. I pretty much agree with the other reviewers - very suspenseful, psychologically provocative, and artistically done. I gave it 4.5 stars out of 5. I'll also add that I got a free copy of Snow Drops with my order - which was a pleasant surprise, and a similarly good story. Also a graphic novel for adults, about adolescent relationships & high school. Not as morally complex as Suki, but actually a bit more dramatic and a lot more to the story - part love story, part mystery, part drama. I also give SNOW DROPS 4.5 stars.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Mar 21 2007
Between the 32-year-old teacher on the one hand, and the teddy bears on the other, SUKI always seemed like something I wouldn't be interested in. After reading LEGAL DRUG and TOKYO BABYLON, however, I had such faith in CLAMP that I bought all three volumes of SUKI at once. I am very glad that I did. Hinata Asahi is a brilliant but naive sixteen-year-old who lives alone with only her teddy bears. Her cast-iron innocence frustrates and frightens her schoolmates, who try in vain to teach her "common sense" and self-protective instincts. When Hinata starts receiving an unusual - and inappropriate -- amount of attention from her enigmatic new male teacher, her friends are alarmed and suspicious, but Hinata is determined to see no evil. Though propelled by Hinata's upbeat innocence and humor on the surface, SUKI quickly becomes an extremely unnerving, climb-the-walls suspense tale, which can be read on more than one level. The sensitive artwork matches well with the psychologically evocative storyline. I particularly love the snow and shadow scenes. It has the same lead artist as LEGAL DRUG (Mick Nekoi), who imparts a slightly Gothic feel, and sympathetically evokes the painful vulnerability of the young. This is a three-volume series complete. If you purchase this series through Amazon, watch out for the Editorial Description of Book 3, which is one long spoiler.
