Comments on: Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Cirque du Freak vol 1

By: ali gurl

ali gurl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:06:16 +0000

I love the book but it's not Chinese so don,t use urn ugly art work here.

By: Reading Over Shoulders

Reading Over Shoulders — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:20:08 +0000

[...] If you’ve got kids obsessed with the Cirque Du Freak series then you might be interested in this look at the manga. [...]

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:17:22 +0000

I actually read some of the novels, and I personally liked the " gee, golly " narration as you've put it. It felt like I could hear Vincent Price's voice reading the prose from beyond the grave; it didn't take the story to seriously, and when you're dealing with such a story as this one, that's important. I'm interested in checking out the manga, though.

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MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Spinal fractures — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:26:53 +0000

[...] Song (Kuriousity) Deb Aoki on vol. 1 of Cirque du Freak (About.com) Danielle Leigh on vol. 1 of Cirque du Freak (Comics Should Be Good) Erica Friedman on vol. 16 of Comic Yuri Hime (Okazu) Michelle Smith on [...]

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:01:16 +0000

Colby -- yes, there is a excerpt of the novel in the back of the manga, and the manga is much, much better. The "gee, golly!" narration really takes away from the creepiness...

By: Colby

Colby — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:18:24 +0000

While I havn't read this title, I have fond memories of the original books, which came out while I was in middle/ high school. Really disturbingly creepy, and hopefully this fformat will dispose of some of the overblown narration.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:20:06 +0000

ohhhh...Grant's review is very, very good. I had a hard time with this one because I wanted to leave as much surprise as possible for the reader (so I hint at things Grant describes quite beautifully).

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:16:47 +0000

The other positive review was Grant's over at Manga Recon: http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/cirque-du-freak-vol-1/

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:11:19 +0000

I loved the friendship angle of the book and trying to figure out why two boys have such different outcomes when exposed to the same (very, very strange) thing. I'm very curious to see what answers we may get in future volumes...

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:06:36 +0000

So, I'm having the slightest bit of regret that I sent my review copy of this to Deanna to review. Hee. This sounds very interesting.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:01:38 +0000

heh. I'm still catching typos so I hope the read wasn't too bumpy for you...do you remember the other positive review of the title?

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:59:19 +0000

Yours is the second positive review for this title, completely unheard of by me until it showed up at my doorstep. Luckily, Yen Press sent a few duplicates so I've still got a copy on hand.