I sette killer dello Shinkansen by Kōtarō Isaka

3.85 AVERAGE

tdurst's review against another edition

2.0
slow-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Thought this was supposed to be funny and fast-paced.... it wasn't.  

meehhhh's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Favorite quotes / parts of the book (ebook) ‼️spoiler alert‼️

  • 'But hey.’ Lemon suddenly looks serious. ‘I'm not gonna die easy.’ ‘No, I guess you won’t. And if you do, you’re stubborn enough to come back.’ ‘You too, Tangerine. You and me, if we die, we’ll come back for sure.’ ‘Like trees bearing fruit every year?’ ‘We’ll both be back.' (~page 100)

  • ... 'but the fact that this kid is dead isn’t on you or me, it’s on him.’ ‘Him?’ Tangerine looks at the corpse by the window. ‘You mean it’s his fault he’s dead?’ ‘Yeah. He shouldn’t have just gone and died. Selfish. You don’t think so? He didn’t even leave any clues.' (~page 301)

  • He had been fiddling roughly with the lock and the momentum of its release causes the lid of the suitcase to spring loose, spilling out an avalanche of women’s underwear. (~page 653)

  • 'The Diesel is malicious and spiteful. Lemon always told me, never trust the Diesel. He lies and forgets people’s names. And now I find the Diesel sticker on your jacket.' (~page 695)

  • He takes a good look at the fruit. For the barest moment he feels a flash of pride emanating from the tangerines and lemons, almost like they’re saying to him: See, told you we’d be back. (~page 835)
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antonia_y5's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

therealfrank49's review against another edition

4.5
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

arielapakan's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vervada's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

memathew47's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

disco_ionesco's review against another edition

3.0
I listened to this on a long multi-part drive essentially from Philly to Detroit. The chapters focusing on Ladybug and Lemon and Tangerine were all pretty great, but I found a lot of the stuff with The Prince and Kimura repetitive and tedious (although I loved the resolution to that story line). After watching the movie, I also appreciate even more how this book ended and the lack of dead wives. I wouldn't have thought about the latter if I hadn't seen the film adaptation, which added 3 dead wives to the story!

So, uh, kudos to this book on all the living/non-existent wives.

acemcfly's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-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

kurt0716's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced