Ito Junji has never disappointed me and this collection is no exception. I know the biggest issue people have with his work is that his endings are abrupt or just, you know, don't exist. The fear and suspense just stretch on past the last page with no relief in sight. Marks a successful venture into the horror genre, if you ask me.

As a note: do not pick up his works if you have trypophobia.

I loved the explanations and little anecdotes at the end of each story! It's fascinating to see the mundane things he used as inspiration and the resulting twisted creations we see in Shiver. The only thing that fell a little flat for me was the opening story, "Used Record". It's super difficult to reflect eerie death music with text only, but the harried look of the man pursuing the girl with the record made up for it, a bit.

"Hanging Blimp" was my favorite, for a given value of favorite in this creepy genre.