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mysterious medium-paced
mysterious tense medium-paced

i’m sorry, maybe i shouldn’t have expected anything in the first place!!!! but here we go....

buku karya Keigo Higashino pertama yang aku baca itu The Miracles of the Namiya General Store. dan cukup bikin aku tergaet dengan gaya penulisan beliau. aku baca versi Bahasa Inggris. buku itu juga yang bikin aku tertarik buat attach diri sendiri—ngelakuin marathon baca karya-karya beliau lainnya.

karena ini karya milik beliau kedua untukku dan merupakan buku theme detektif pertama yang aku baca dari beliau, i had high hopes for something totally unexpected in the plot.

dibanding dengan buku-buku detektif lainnya, aku bisa dengan gampang memperkirakan jalan pikir masing-masing karakter. plot twist? many people said, mereka terkejut banget sama alur ceritanya yang ternyata ngagetin. but for me, nah. nothing’s surprising. karena dari awal aku sudah mengira masing-masing karakter akan melakukan tindakan apa. so if we’re calling that a plot twist... at least not for me. it felt pretty VERY predictable.

memang gaya bahasanya page-turning banget. aku mulai masukin dia di section ‘Membaca’ sudah 3 tahun yang lalu. tapi aslinya baru mulai membaca kemarin siang, 3 tahun setelahnya. kalau kamu cari buku dengan 300 halaman yang cepet selesai, buku ini cocok buat kamu.

apalagi ya? oh iya, tadi sebelum berakhir, seenggaknya 100 halaman sebelum ending, aku sempet berekspektasi sesuatu yang bener-bener bikin geleng-geleng kepala tuh muncul gitu. beneran dari 100 halaman sampai dengan 20 halaman sebelum ending, aku masih mengharapkan sesuatu yang nggak terduga.

but i guess this book is just not cup of my tea. so yeah. that’s that....
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

اینکه با وجود این همه چیزای واضح بازم نمی شد آخرشو حدس خیلی خوب بود

the who, what, why, and how was laid in the first chapters, and what’s left was the process of solving the case… and that made me bored… because i already knew the whodunnit, there wasn’t any mystery left to be curious about.

the revelation at the end was shocking tho… i knew there’s something not adding up with the dates, i just thought he manipulated the time of death…
not killing another person lmao

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes