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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
I am always scared of spin-offs. They rarely add anything new to the universe of the original and often feel like cheap attempts to cash in on a successful title. This book however proved me wrong. So glad i read it. It took a peripheral but intriguing character from the original series and really fleshed them out. It did a fantastic job of creating another fascinating set of crimes whilst remaining faithful and closely connected to events in the main series. Brilliantly woven story that actually really added to universe of the main series. Pleasantly surprised and must read for Death Note fans.
A really interesting read. I was left very confused though so I'll probably have to give this another look over in the future, but a really good read nevertheless.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy!
Gén ^^
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy!
Gén ^^
Wowee. To me? This book was better then books 7-11 of the actual series COMBINED.
Absolutely amazing!!! I must admit that this is the greatest mystery novel (and DN) I've ever read so far! I can imagine myself as Naomi solving the case along side with L<3 The author did a fantastic job at throwing the reader into the wrong direction for I thought BB was L throughout the entire story until the truth was revealed at the end.
In my opinion, this book is far better than "L Change the World" but that book has its own unique idea and a very sad ending for L ;A;
In my opinion, this book is far better than "L Change the World" but that book has its own unique idea and a very sad ending for L ;A;
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love this
getting closer to BB he had a lot of similarity to L it was interesting
And the ending was magnificent
getting closer to BB he had a lot of similarity to L it was interesting
And the ending was magnificent
can’t believe canon BB is more unhinged than fanon BB this is not something i expected to happen
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
However, this was such a great addition to the world of Death Note. I don’t remember seeing any mention of this case in the manga when I read it in 2015, but I noticed it when watching the anime just a month ago. This makes me wish Naomi stayed around longer in the show. She went down so unceremoniously by Kira that I didn’t want to believe it. I was waiting for her to come back from her walk to suicide for the remainder of the show and join L’s investigation team. It wouldn’t have worked because she’d figured out who Kira was, but let me dream!
Anyways, because I wanted more of Naomi’s character, I loved that she was the protagonist of this book. She was already vetted as a badass for discovering Kira in the manga, but this cements her badassery even more.
I also was thrown by the grotesque descriptions of the murders, but I thought it added a lot to this world and definitely fit the dark themes. It would’ve made the anime that much more gritty to include the gore described in this book.
And how it wrapped up was so beautiful! B was foolishly obsessed, but the breakdown of how everything went down with more context was so good. I only could guess that Rue R was Beyond Birthday as Naomi’s revelation started coming to her. I almost thought L was trying to get rid of her while she sat in room 1313. Shows you how far off I was.
The writing for the manga is some of the best I’ve ever experienced, and I’m happy to say that NISIO ISIN met my expectations of intricacy in his writing too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Suicide attempt
