Dark Walker (Yaoi novel) [Paperback]

Hikaru Yura (Author), Hirotaka Kisaragi (Author), Christina Chesterfield (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2008

Tomoki Naruse has just started his freshman year in high school, and as with all healthy, young men at his age, he's been dreaming of sex. But Tomoki isn't having normal wet dreams like his classmates! In his nightmares, err... dreams... his partner is a man - and to make things worse, Tomoki is on the bottom! Aside from Tomoki's unsettling dreams, high school life is fun - especially with his new, handsome, best friend Yugo Oda. But Yugo is no ordinary freshman - he's involved in mysterious activities that Tomoki can't even begin to imagine!

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (November 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569706158
• ISBN-13: 978-1569706152
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Gay & Lesbian > Literature & Fiction > Fiction > Gay

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, February 5, 2009

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Boudica's Sword (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

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Don't waste your money on this book; there are dozens of other excellent yaoi novels that are far superior. The premise is good; a young man can enter the world of dreams and affect changes through magic. The pairing is sweet but there were too many "déjà vues." I kept thinking of Soubi and Ritsuka in "Loveless" every time I read the actions of the older student, Yuuga Oda toward the hero, Tomoki Naruse. The syntax is poor, whether the result of translation or original work. Many paragraphs repeat sentences almost word for word, yet others leave out vital information needed to move the story along. Transitions from scenes were poor or non-existent. The love scenes were clichés and moved along too rapidly. Sorry, authors and translators, this one is a dud.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice fantasy/fiction, November 19, 2008

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For a little explanation of what I got from the book, Dark Walkers are those people that are enter the Dream World bodily. They are subject to injury and death while in the Dream World.

I liked this novel for the cute story part of it. The romance between Tomoki and Yuuga was the cute part, though their initial get together kinda started off with a bit of non-con. Non-con because Tomoki didn't understand what was going on and Yuuga didn't wait for any kind of permission. There was also a part where one of the characters suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. Some people might not like this part because of the way the character is treated. You just kind of want to say "Wake up and stop being an idiot". It had sad parts as well though this is not what I would call a heart wrencher or one needing a box of tissues.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellence in Yaoi Form, January 25, 2009

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Rayven (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

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I loved this book, even though I failed to notice the word "novel" when I first ordered. It didn't affect me much when I saw that it was a novel, I read it and loved it anyway. I just hope they do/have a manga versio of this book, it'd be nteresting to see it that way