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The Final Curtain by Keigo Higashino

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I was sad to finish this book since it was so good! Kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

The fourth book in the Detective Kaga series. Not sure if it’s the final one. Although this has brought me out of a massive reading slump (sort of), I thought it was just alright.

In this one, Kaga gets involved in a case that involves two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths. There follows a typical Higashino style police procedural, which at times in this book appears incredibly far-fetched! I can only deduce that Japan has a humongous police force with plenty of time on their hands to follow up on every lead however improbable! The narrative has a broad scope - from the world of theatre to lowly labourers in high profile Nuclear power plants. Still, Higashino does manage to bring the narrative together somewhat believably in the end.

I wasn’t particularly invested in the story and found the main protagonist Hiromi Asai unlikeable. I did like Kaga’s cousin and colleague Matsumiya and the rest of the police team. Kaga was his usual unflappable self, a touch aloof and superior in manner , if intelligent and decisive. For a large part of the book, I found the investigation very far-fetched although Higashino made it sound probable!

All in all, a just decent read that did manage to bring me out of my reading slump somewhat without really rekindling the reading habit 🤷🏼‍♀️ Average read.