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chyneyee's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
One-Sentence Summary: The death of a pawnbroker drives two young people to dark and sinister life.
Despite the confusion due to the lacking of transition stage and too many characters involved in the story, I found the writer's idea is unconventionally brilliant. It keeps pushing the readers to continuously pursue the truth with detective Sasagaki. It's just getting darker and keep readers wondering who Yosuke's murderer is. The entire story mainly focuses on the life of the young people, and the reader is wondering how their lives related to Yosuke's death. There weren't many hints can be extracted by the readers because the writer left the truth until the last page. There were so many plot twists throughout the story. It can be anything beyond our imaginations because the writer is telling another unrelated account which the reader can't connect the dots to the main plot.
Book Review: Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino.
Despite the confusion due to the lacking of transition stage and too many characters involved in the story, I found the writer's idea is unconventionally brilliant. It keeps pushing the readers to continuously pursue the truth with detective Sasagaki. It's just getting darker and keep readers wondering who Yosuke's murderer is. The entire story mainly focuses on the life of the young people, and the reader is wondering how their lives related to Yosuke's death. There weren't many hints can be extracted by the readers because the writer left the truth until the last page. There were so many plot twists throughout the story. It can be anything beyond our imaginations because the writer is telling another unrelated account which the reader can't connect the dots to the main plot.
Book Review: Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Abortion, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship
jhbandcats's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Keigo Higashino is one of the best mystery writers around. This book was very long and convoluted, with multiple characters, yet it never lagged. The main characters are fleshed out, complex people who are deeply damaged from traumatic childhood experiences.
The book is told over a period of twenty years with each chapter moving the plot along a couple of years or so. What I especially liked was the detailed descriptions of computers and related technology as an chronological indicator. The book begins in 1973, and computers - the kind with the software on cassette tapes - and video games begin showing up several chapters later. By the end we've gotten to fancier computers we know we're in the 1990s.
If you're looking for an intelligent, absorbing, well-written tale, this book is for you. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Caveat: If you're not too good with multisyllabic names and your memory isn't top notch, it helps to read on a Kindle or tablet so you can keep looking up people (whom you should certainly know already!)
The book is told over a period of twenty years with each chapter moving the plot along a couple of years or so. What I especially liked was the detailed descriptions of computers and related technology as an chronological indicator. The book begins in 1973, and computers - the kind with the software on cassette tapes - and video games begin showing up several chapters later. By the end we've gotten to fancier computers we know we're in the 1990s.
If you're looking for an intelligent, absorbing, well-written tale, this book is for you. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Caveat: If you're not too good with multisyllabic names and your memory isn't top notch, it helps to read on a Kindle or tablet so you can keep looking up people (whom you should certainly know already!)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicide, and Sexual assault
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