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epeolatri's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War, Addiction, and Animal death
ytyz's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
and then there were none by agatha christie but worse
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Misogyny and Death
danyyel's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
kiddosgot_razzmatazz77's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
ruby_mae_read's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Suicide
aseel_reads's review against another edition
mysterious
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? It's complicated
2.0
This had potential, but it turned out to be quite boring and the motives behind it were low-key problematic... Sad times, was excited about having a new mystery author to read but I think I'll pass
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Ableism, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Blood
a1exander's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Death
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, War, Car accident, Drug use, Animal death, and Drug abuse
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo was this month’s book club pick and I’ll also be using it for my reading the world challenge for Japan!
There are a lot of characters to keep track of that could be confusing. And sadly we don’t get much of a look into each character, they’re just sort of there as background/plot devices. I think it’s because the storytelling style is detached, and written from the perspective of the author telling us the story as it happened ten years earlier.
This was a quick read, and felt very similar to the detective style of Benoit Blanc in Knives Out (could be because I just watched Glass Onion) 😁 You never really know who it is and the detective takes all the info over the course of the story and finally ties it all together to reveal how the crime was committed in one big monologue! I kind of wish there was more insight into some of the information that was only mentioned once the solution was given to us, instead of lots of info dumping throughout.
I did enjoy getting a glimpse into parts of Japanese culture during the early 20th century!
Overall a quick and easy read that was fairly enjoyable. It follows the typical murder mystery/detective novel so it’s not really anything unique in this genre, especially since it often mentions other novels that inspired the twists. I should note that I’m not a big detective novel fan so if you enjoy them, this could be a perfect book for you!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: War, Ableism, and Classism
linguaphile412's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, War, Car accident, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
aresoracle's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I’ve never read a murder/mystery before so I didn’t know what to expect. But the narrator was incredible. It was interesting to be “spoken to” whilst reading and I never guessed the murderer at all. I was completely taken by surprise and the explanation of it all at the end was really fun.
There were definitely lovable characters and the ending excerpt made me sad. But overall, it was just a really good book! I definitely will be picking up the sequels to read.
There were definitely lovable characters and the ending excerpt made me sad. But overall, it was just a really good book! I definitely will be picking up the sequels to read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Murder and Suicide