This bus is where she meets a young male of the name Dien Muc, and this is where I had the first feelings of 'there is more than the eye can see or guess behind what is happening'.ĭien Muc, another chara from the diverse pool of main characters, appears to be quite a special case. The story itself starts with one of the various main characters Vu Thanh – frankly, it's hard to pin down THE main character from the pool of charas introduced along the way – waiting for the bus that is supposed to bring her from the big city she's attending University in to the small Maize Village she's grown up in to enjoy Vietname's most important holiday among her family. The style of writing is decent, pleasant to read, and varies sentence length relatively well in order to add dynamic. I even found myself taking little written notes of small details and the special meaning of certain things, both because I found them interesting and to remember the significance if a certain thing comes up – lime leaves are just one example! It is best sorted into the Fantasy Thriller and Supernatural Adventure genre.Įach of the Chapters, 13 in total plus a prologue and epilogue, reads itself relatively well and fastly, but it's still not a leisure read or a read you can just skim over! Especially if being unfamiliar with the Vietnamese culture and interested in learning about it via the story. The following review is for Book 1 named 'Eyes', which has been shared on Facebook as well as on Amazon. The Half-Alive Series is an ongoing book series written by Nghịch Tu and translated as well edited by Viet H. But can you honestly blame her for not choosing a total stranger, and a weirdo no less, over people she'd known her whole life? Their lives are on the line the trap has been set! Meanwhile, Thanh still hasn't trusted Mục yet. The fates of two unlikely companions intertwine on the spider web of a criminal mastermind who has been evading arrest for the past 40 years.

On this journey, she meets Điền Mục, a young ghost catcher who can't see ghosts but was raised by a 500-year-old spirit and has about zero experience in human interactions. told from the perspective of a comedic protagonist!Īn eerie children's nursery rhyme lures Thanh - an intelligent college girl with an unnatural level of trust issues - into an adventure of her lifetime.

A heart-pounding journey of betrayal and bond, strength and perseverance, with the looming threat of ghosts, demons, and black magic. Spirited Away meets Coraline in the Suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam with a twist to the genre. Well translated to English.' - Reedsy Discovery. 'A Vietnamese Brothers Grimm tale! A little bit of creepy to read while curled up with on the couch.

Eyes by Nghịch Tử