Death Note: A Novel: Another Note (Death Note): A Novel: Another Note (Death Note) - Books (Ishin Nishio, Hardcover)

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Customer Reviews of Death Note: A Novel: Another Note (Death Note): A Novel: Another Note (Death Note)

MadaManga
Cambridgeshire, UK
10th September 2008

Gorgeous Novelette
This is story is narrated as Mello doing a report about a case L told to him & gave him the notes for. All the characters in this story are already dead, so Mello gives his interpretation, while inserting open-ending questions about things he can only speculate on to get the reader thinking, which is a clever story convention.

The story is filled with the usual logic bending you expect from L, as well as enough gore, comedy and freaky behaviour to keep you hooked.

It mainly resolves around two characters, FBI Agent Naomi and private investigate Ryuzaki, with L mainly a voice through a phone or computer. They work together to solve the puzzles serial killer BB has left at his crime scenes before he reaches his last victim, the puzzles being a direct challenge to L.

More about L's and the Wammy Orphanage's background is revealed in Mello's side notes. Plus, it's explained why a talented woman like Naomi coped out of her job & ran away to Japan to get married, something that never sat right with me in the manga.

1st Note: READ DEATH NOTE MANGA OR WATCH THE ANIME BEFORE GETTING THIS!

Or the mind game the author plays on the reader just won't work. And the Death Note movies won't cut it either, sorry, as Mello doesn't make to them.

2nd Note: This story was intended for a Japanese audience and a pinch of salt is needed. First off - the silly names for Americans, such as Quarter Queen, Blues-Harp, Bottomslash, Beyond Birthday, are an author's joke and their unlikelihood needs to be ignored. Secondly, you need to be aware that Japanese makes no distinction between R & L - it's the same character / sound, otherwise certain revelations will go right over your head.

3rd Note: At only 176 pages this is less a novel than a novelette, and at I first I passed it on - till I saw a copy in a shop and looked at it. This book is gorgeous. Don't wait for a paperback version! It's bound in a plush cover, with silver gilt, then there's a matching card wrap-round (also gilded) with a skull & skeleton design & the Death Note logo. Inside there's a new colour artwork for this story and each chapter is fronted with a gothic abstract on vellum. Wow! This book is officially the prettiest one on my selves that isn't an art book.

N. S. Stretton

2nd September 2008

Loved it!
I loved this book, it's totally worth the money I paid for it. I couldn't put in down and ended up reading it in less than half a day. I love the way he describes BB's actions too and the cover looks great. I bought it and couldn't help thinking: "Wow, this book looks great, you wouldn't expect it to be so elegant."
Great book.
Great author.
love it.

Rowan
UK
18th March 2008

A conclusion worthy of the Death Note series.
This is fan fiction and crime fiction so certain allowances must be made; a few clichés are to be expected, errors in narration can be forgiven and poor use of punctuation (particularly exclamation marks and ellipsis) can be put aside. These things are annoying, but Another Note made up for them with an excellent plot, an amazingly original new character and a conclusion worthy of the Death Note series.