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The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

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fluture's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Keigo never failed in writing a story that feels close to reality. The story of this book shows that there's no one in this world who can bare the feeling of guilt. It's important to remember it's never a clever move to sacrifice yourself for other person, no matter how much you love them. I can certainly feel the pain of Mr. X in the end.
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serendipity421's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

4.5

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rubric's review

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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asoka's review

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challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

brilliant! entah itu langkah ishigami dalam menyusun alibi ataupun cara yukawa dalam memecahkannya.
bukan hanya terbunuhnya togashi, namun juga keterkaitan perasaan ishigami dengan yasuko dalam kasus yang terjadi.
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afi_whatafireads's review against another edition

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dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Head? Empty...
Brain? Still processing shit..
Emotions? ✨Emotional Damage✨

This book. THIS FREAKING BOOK. It blew my mind. It took on the depths of human's emotions and spinned it into a tale that just seemed so freaking simple, but is just so MINDBLOWINGLY BRILLIANT. Everything was brilliant about this. The writing, the emotion, the plot progression, the way the story evolved. It really teaches us to not take something from the face value. There's more to things than just the surface. You have to dig deeper to really know something.


"Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone's saviour."


This book had was so unique but so very, well-written. The intricateness of the writing, the way Keigo relates life and the characters and just how very unique this book was. Imagine already knowing WHO the killer is and what had happened during the time of murder, but how Keigo spinned the story into the perspective of the murderer, the detectives as well as the POV of a bystander. The more I think about it, the more I feel that Keigo Higashino is not only a genius in curating a story, he leads the readers into thinking that something is as what it seemed, when it's not. The way everything pieced together at the end, the way the emotional inflict that the characters had done, every line and word is meaningful in his writing.


"When an amateur attempts to conceal something, the more complex he makes his camouflage, the deeper the grave he digs for himself. But not so a genius. The genius does something far simpler, yet something no normal person would even dream of, the last thing a normal person would think of doing. And from this simplicity, immense complexity is created."


This line alone, this line alone had shown the overall gist of the story. How the plot seemed so simple, and yet, you still feel why the police still can't convict the murderer. The things that Keigo had laid out, the base of the story, felt and looked so simple, but it was more than that. The surface ran deep like looking at the base of the ocean, not knowing what you'll find.

I also like how I can actually relate to the things that the characters were doing. Its one thing to read about rampage murderers, but its an entirely different thing to read about a calculative and smart murderer. The way Keigo leads the readers into accepting the perspective that he wrote but, the clues lies between the lies of the stories. If only another perspective was shone through, everything will make sense.

This is a story that is unlike any other, but had caught me from the very first chapter. It blew my mind and paired with a straightforward writing but with complex monologues showcasing the intricacy of human's feelings, its a book that will really make you go back to the cover, stare at it for a few minutes and cry. A crime thriller that may be one of the best I've read so far in my life. Highly recommended.
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bethanyann97's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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