Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

25 reviews

moonlightreads007's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I would describe this book as a mysterious, suspenseful and Christie-esque type of read. Although the plot development starts off slowly at first, the pace of the book picks up quickly. It was hard to tell how the story would unfold and the author keeps you guessing as to who the main suspects are and who the culprit might be (which I consider to be the hallmarks of a good mystery/detective style book). The narrative style is interesting, as it switches between the events occurring on the mainland and those on the island. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Agatha Christie-style novels and who enjoys tense, suspenseful settings and plot developments in books. However, I would also recommend checking out the content warnings for this book as some of the deaths are quite graphically described at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Vomit

atalea's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Death of parent

toffishay's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a really engaging, creepy, but fun mystery! The homages to classic mysteries, especially Agatha Christie were really fun as a lover of mystery and detective media. I won't spoil the ending, but I think it's a worthwhile read if you are a fan of the genre. The only things bringing it down for me, is that I think there could have been a little more drama at the end and one character in particular, I felt was under-used.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

louise96's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't really. It seems like it was intended to be an homage to And Then There Were None, but it often felt like a direct rip-off of it. The characters were very one dimensional which took away from any tension that could have built had they been relatable/ had more back story. Also, and presumably not an issue in the original, but the English translation was quite clunky with far too much over-explanation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Gore, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape

antoniac's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Rape

jself27's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

caroignes's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a fun read, even though I didn't always enjoy the writing style. The delivery of the twist was fantastic; the telling of the story does a good job of making you suspect everyone at various times. I picked this up specifically because I was looking to read a locked-room mystery, but I also think the mainland plot could've made a good standalone investigative story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

cloudyworld's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide

linguaphile412's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship