Reviews - The Meiji Guillotine Murders

80 reviews for:

The Meiji Guillotine Murders

Fūtarō Yamada

3.25 AVERAGE

sara_unlost's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

An interesting mystery book that’s more of a historical fiction novel than mystery but the plot was a bit convoluted and the ending, while a decent twist, is not convincing.

hopef's review against another edition

3.0

A good book for those who like historical fiction and political mysteries.

suldrew's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Slow going at the beginning, but the murders pick up as you go along.

cjku's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

catonacloud's review against another edition

3.75

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

qdove's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

auqua's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

I did not expect that ending. But I apriciate that it managed to tie what first apeared as a collection of smaller mysteries into a larger one and did so by building on things that were in the start of the story. It hit me much more emotionally then I thought it would. Like Kawaji I had some suspicion but I was in the same boat as him through the whole story.
I really apriciated the introduction giving the context of the timeperiod and the political klimat since it did a lot for understanding the story and the last 10% made me raise this one from a 3 star to a 4 star.