DISCLAIMER: This is my first review. Don't be to harsh on me ;).
MINOR SPOILER ALERT
Death Note is known as one of the best Manga of the Manga universe. There is a lot of merchandise, there are even theories about death by Death Notes in real life.
Today I want to talk about this over popular manga.

Story: 9/10
The story revolves about the Death Note, a notebook that when you write a name in it, that person will die. It is a very good Idea, if it is done right. Death Note creators Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba did it right.
They show us how people, who have no specific problems or other, can turn into killing psychopath.
My only problem with the story is how they handle some of the characters. But overall, it was very enjoyable.

Art: 8/10
Very good, but not my favorite. It fit perfect to the stories and characters, and can make you shiver when Light gets a laughing strike.

Characters: 8/10
The characters where all very interesting, L and Matsuda being my favorites from all. My only problem with the characters, is Light.
I can hear the Fan-girls crying already.
Well, let me explain. Light starts out to be a very intelligent young man with the will to change humanity to the better. For the next chapters it stays that way. But at the end, he starts to turn into a psychopath. Don't understand me wrong, I don't really mind when that happens, but not only does he go crazy, his character kinda changes as well.

Enjoyment: 7/10
My enjoyment shifted quite a bit from "This is sooo cool!" to "Are you serious?"
At the beginning, my expectations for this series wasn't high. But then after a few interesting changes in the story , it got more and more interesting. But it dropped down again by killing someone rather important. I quite liked the ending though.

Overall: 8/10
I quite enjoyed it, even if it had a few this and that's, but I would recommend it to anybody who likes the mystery, supernatural and suspense genre.

For recommendations I would point out:
-Bloody Monday, having also a suspense plot line in it and a little mystery.
-Ajin, has also a suspense plot line and you get kinda the same feeling while reading it as when you are reading Death Note.

Thanks for taking your time and reading my review! ;)