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Book Review of Death Note, Vol 1

Death Note, Vol 1
Death Note, Vol 1
Author: Tsugumi Ohba
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Book Type: Paperback
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Masterfully crafted supernatural murder mystery story. Themes of morality regarding crime and punishment are explored. Light an outstanding high school student finds a grim reaper's journal. With the power to kill anonymously he sets out to purge the world of violent criminals. Society takes notice and sees this as a threat, sending in the current generation's greatest genius detective, "L" and so the cat and mouse game begins. If you do enjoy the suspense in this first volume, you'll want to pick up the rest. There are 12 in all.