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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: War, Ableism, and Classism
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Gore, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Toxic relationship
Minor: War and Ableism
notartgarfunkel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Death
Minor: Mental illness, Addiction, Ableism, Animal death, and War
flyawaybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness and Animal death
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, and Suicide
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal death
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is not told from the Detective's perspective. We are relayed information from a third party years later who uses interviews, notes, and police records to piece together the full story. For example there are several back-to-back chapters that are told from the village doctor's perspective, as he wrote down what had happened the day he was there. I thought this was interesting as these types of books are generally told from the perspective of the person trying to solve the case.
The last few pages of this are surprisingly dark ! It's a depressing ending that is essentially an epilogue as to what happens to the family after. It did catch me off guard a bit, so I finished the book with a different feeling than I had just a few pages earlier. However, I am interested in seeing how many books are in this Detective Kindaichi series, and if any more are at my library.
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Misogyny
noahhare's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
Minor: Animal death
j_squaredd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Sexism
cobi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexism, Suicide, Infidelity, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal death and Chronic illness
Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Car accident