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Malice by Keigo Higashino

22 reviews

my_bibliotheca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

Tidak seperti kasus-kasus sebelumnya, cerita di sini justru memfokuskan pada pencarian fakta dr motif pembunuhan seorang novelis terkenal. Aku jg sempat kaget karena pelaku kejahatannya begitu mudah ditangkap dan mengakuinya begitu saja.

Tapi ternyata memang buku ini memiliki fokus yg tidak biasa. Dengan ketajaman insting dan kepekaan Detektif Kaga, kasus ini menjadi semakin seru untuk ditelusuri. Aku tipe pembaca yg gampang terkecoh, sangat mengikuti alur bahkan kejanggalan yg dibeberkan oleh Kaga baru aku sadari setelahnya 😂

Melihat begitu mudahnya kasus ini menangkap pelakunya, tapi sisa halaman buku masih tebal, tentu membuat aku bertanya-tanya akan serumit apa pengungkapan fakta motif pembunuhan ini. Dan betul, ide cerita kali ini sama-sama gila dan di luar nalar seperti buku "Kesetiaan Mr. X". Menurutku ide keduanya bisa dikatakan setara. Setara gilanya 😆

Hampir sulit mengikuti perkembangan kasus ini, karena di awal pembaca akan dicekoki oleh cerita yg sebegitu bagusnya dan seperti tidak ada celah. Jadi, penyangkalan ketika fakta-fakta baru dibeberkan cukup sulit dicerna dan diterima, saking sempurnanya rencana pembunuhan ini. TOP!! 😚👌

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fraise's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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merreadgold's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book has different plot than Mr X. This one is unique.

You will found the murderer in just many pages and what the rest(?) Yeah looking for the fact; his motives, how the chronology really is and facts.

Idk is it true, but Keigo sensei really made me think that japanese having reading books as culture. Lots of characters here say that they got ashamed for not reading books and even the one who has bad past. As someone who grew up without books and people-who-read-environment, I surprised.

This book keep me guessing and forgotten what I just read is written by the suspect. The detective really takes the case seriously, he even ask people from the suspect's elementary. (The suspect is about 40 wkwk)
⚠️ Lots of manipulations here

Okay now what the flaws? It's too complicated and made me have headache :) some of the translate doesn't feel right cause I need to read the same phrase around three times and have no idea about it.

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anka_not_anchor's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A solid mystery that had me absolutely gripped and lead me to finishing it in a day!

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serendipity421's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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samsearle's review

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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corar's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is pure genius. You’ve heard of a whodunnit, and a howdunnit (Higashino’s ‘Devotion of Suspect X’) this is a whydunnit. The murderer is glaringly obvious and actually revealed within the first 100 pages, but the story is so much more. It’s a fabulously written book of misdirection, with major themes of bullying. Not everything is as clean cut as it may seem.

There are lots of twists, but there is one bit- more misdirection than a twist- that totally got me. I gasped out loud and immediately ran to tell someone the genius of this book. It’s such an incredible thing, but I absolutely was fooled, and that made this read all the more interesting.

I’ve read a lot of crime, and eventually they all start to get boring. You guess the structure, you guess who did it based on stereotypes and build ups and where they are placed in a story. This kept me guessing throughout the whole story. Every time I thought I had something, it was disproved. Keigo Higashino is one of the best crime writers ever. Not even just in Japan, but I believe internationally. I cannot wait to sink my teeth into his other novels. (I loved Suspect X)

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The final twist is pure and utter genius. Having the cat, such a small detail only mentioned once, be such a huge defining factor of “Hidaka’s” personality is genius beyond belief. It truly worked on me. I was fooled because every reaction to any interaction, good or bad, from Hidaka hinged on the fact that he had killed this cat. Bad guys kill cats, but Hidaka is described as both a good and bad guy depending. How can a good guy kill an animal? Do these people know he does? I never even once suspected that he doesn’t, or wouldn’t. Higashino planted that seed of anger and disgust in me and it grew until it blocked my vision. I’m so amazed at how well it worked, even when I forgot about the cat, I was always thinking of it. Nonoguchi is a great villain, if not a pathetic one. But I suppose the great thing about crime novels is that they’re sad, no one wins. Definitely not in this one anyway. Not even Kaga.

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kaelcozoro's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wow! This was so good. I couldn’t put it down. Not quite as clever as Newcomer, but perhaps more engaging. Would recommend to any mystery fan.

Love Detective Kaga, I hope more of the series are translated into English!

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zombiezami's review against another edition

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dark tense

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I read this for the Popsugar reading challenge, for the prompt "a locked-door mystery." I didn't really care for this at all, so I don't think I'll be reading mysteries again in the future. I liked the style of the dialogue in general, but there was a lot more telling instead of showing. I didn't like how the only women in the book were love interests or parents with no real character traits. In any case, I'm glad to have checked this off my list.

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