Before you even start reading this review, be warned that while there are no spoilers for the novel itself, it might contain spoilers for Vento Aureo. So if you aren't familiar with part 5 of JoJo, you shouldn't be reading this review. Or this novel.
Golden Heart/Golden Ring is a a JoJo spin-off novel set after the group splits and betrays the Boss. It is surprisingly well written light novel. And and at this point don't mean story-wise, but the actual writing. Lot of LNs suffer from being non-descriptive, bland and too straight-to-the-point. GHGR, fortunately, uses more colorful language thanks to which it feels like an
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2: Golden Heart, Golden Ring Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険II ゴールデンハート／ゴールデンリング InformationType: Light Novel
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: May 28, 2001
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
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Mar 5, 2021
First, since this book as well as all of the other light novels and much of the manga are lacking official English translation, I'll provide a source here in which you can download an English fan translation of the novel, as well as a book I have already read and covered in my reviews, Genesis of the Universe.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AzoreanEve/status/1184433069203316737 Beyond that though, the story. This as well as Purple Haze Feedback (which I haven't started as of writing this review) are side-stories of secondary-canon to Jojo Part 5, Golden Wind. Purple Haze Feedback, as I understand it, is more of a continuation and a favorite of Part ... 
Apr 23, 2023
Individual parts of this book are wildly different in quality which accumulate together into a justified 7. An overall very positive experience, but I couldn't possibly justify higher than that.
The real standout of the entire book is the descriptions of Purple Haze's destruction which are stomach churning and bone chilling and do the stand more justice than the anime or manga ever could. That part is a 10. The classic Jojo action of enemy stand users and their abilities (once it finally starts) is also very good, however it all happens far quicker than you'd like, one stand user is dealt with in a matter of ... 
Dec 11, 2022
I ended up really liking this book. It starts slow, you think Coniglio is going to be a helpless girl but she has great development and, as well as all other introduced characters, ended up being very well fleshed out. For the most part everything seems to fit seamlessly with the canon (except Trish...) and even the development of the battles could very well fit with the rest of the ones in the manga.
You can really feel the authors' love for Venice. They go on rants about the beauty (or, sometimes, lack thereof) of the city, every chapter, before once again focusing on the bizarre ... |
