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madkc4ever's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
linnaboobooks's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this e-arc.
For me there is always a sense of familiarity when reading this series, and in this novel we follow Kaga and his cousin, who is also a detective, Matsumiya as they work a case where they can't figure out the motive behind the murder and the suspect is in a coma.
Because of Kaga and Matsumiya being cousins, there was no going through the process of two detectives getting to know each other. It's just the two of them knowing each other's everything because of they're family, being used to personalities and temperaments. And the few moments of mild conflict between them, was very fitting family, such as the minor subplot about Kaga procrastinating on planning the remembrance for his father, who passed two years prior.
Another one of the perspectives we follow is Yuto, the son of the victim, and how his world has shifted now that it's just him, his mother, and his sister. His father and him hadn't had a very good relationship leading up to his death, and so there's a lot of anger he toward him as a part of the grieving process. And further anger toward him when information is dug up during the investigation that may be a motive for the suspect.
There's also the perspective of the suspect's girlfriend, Kaori, who denies any of the possibilities that her boyfriend could ever do such a thing. Not only is she all alone in this area after moving there with Fuyuki years earlier, but had already been down on her luck, that makes it all the more harder to process what is happening and the accusations against him.
How all these perspectives intersect as the story goes, details of the story and crime pieced together bit by bit works so well. Every small detail, while not part of the bigger picture, does have its placed to be found along the way. Even if it's not what their first assumption was for it, Kaga and Matsumiya find where it belongs to close a case their higher-ups dismissed as open and shut prior to their investigation.
Trigger warnings for self-harm/suicide attempt, drowning.
For me there is always a sense of familiarity when reading this series, and in this novel we follow Kaga and his cousin, who is also a detective, Matsumiya as they work a case where they can't figure out the motive behind the murder and the suspect is in a coma.
Because of Kaga and Matsumiya being cousins, there was no going through the process of two detectives getting to know each other. It's just the two of them knowing each other's everything because of they're family, being used to personalities and temperaments. And the few moments of mild conflict between them, was very fitting family, such as the minor subplot about Kaga procrastinating on planning the remembrance for his father, who passed two years prior.
Another one of the perspectives we follow is Yuto, the son of the victim, and how his world has shifted now that it's just him, his mother, and his sister. His father and him hadn't had a very good relationship leading up to his death, and so there's a lot of anger he toward him as a part of the grieving process. And further anger toward him when information is dug up during the investigation that may be a motive for the suspect.
There's also the perspective of the suspect's girlfriend, Kaori, who denies any of the possibilities that her boyfriend could ever do such a thing. Not only is she all alone in this area after moving there with Fuyuki years earlier, but had already been down on her luck, that makes it all the more harder to process what is happening and the accusations against him.
How all these perspectives intersect as the story goes, details of the story and crime pieced together bit by bit works so well. Every small detail, while not part of the bigger picture, does have its placed to be found along the way. Even if it's not what their first assumption was for it, Kaga and Matsumiya find where it belongs to close a case their higher-ups dismissed as open and shut prior to their investigation.
Trigger warnings for self-harm/suicide attempt, drowning.
calfaile's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
gwendolynaudrey_reads's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
I liked the theme! But it wasn’t as gripping to me as some of the other Kaga cases
heavenlyrealms's review against another edition
4.0
it took me some times to understand the plot because it’s the different from the last two books of detective kaga series. the victim and the suspect died, it’s getting harder to find the truth about this murderer. the plot was pretty much flat in the middle of the book, checking about the suspect’s innoceness. it’s getting more complicated after knowing that the suspect is clean. glad kaga and his mind could solve another mystery by observing from yuto’s problem. it’s really blowing my mind to know that aoyagi just tried to cover what his son do after all this time. and the real murderer is the most mind blowing one. i wonder why he has the audacity to do it just to save himself. also thinking that he has big good luck after doing it? that’s really sick. so the plot twist is all perfect!
allie_tom's review against another edition
It didn't compel me - possibly due to the genre - as it was just a list of events. Plus, it was part of a series so I didn't have a history with the characters. Yes, I want to solve the case, but I'd rather just look up the plot on Wikipedia, it's basically the same thing at this point.