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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Why I'm already so fond of this series of novels about assassins is hard to explain. There's something in the humor even as folks are being kidnapped, drugged, tricked into committing suicide, and the pusher, whose specialty is pushing people to their deaths. The bosses of the hired killers engage in big business enterprises that include hiring performers to fool their victims into thinking they are in a safe place. There is competition, complaints by the worker bees that their bosses don't do any work and just take it easy while they have to kill whole families. Isaka is brilliant. In this initial book of the series, he weaves together stories involving a couple of assassins who work for themselves but are well known, one that works for a guy who arranges the hits and who uses him a lot because he will kill children and women, and a shlep who is out for revenge agains the son of the owner of a conglomerate and now finds himself potentially being its next victim. This was well crafted and well narrated and I promise you these are cynical and funny.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This one took some time to grow on me but I really enjoyed it. The main characters we spend time with are all interesting in their own way; it’s especially interesting to follow Suzuki on his quest for vengeance and see how many people also want the same thing.
I listened to this as an audiobook but ultimately I think this one might’ve been more engaging if I read it physically. There’s a lot of repeated conversations between groups of people who don’t interact that pulled me out of the audio at times.
Overall - thrilling! And I really enjoyed the conclusion.
I listened to this as an audiobook but ultimately I think this one might’ve been more engaging if I read it physically. There’s a lot of repeated conversations between groups of people who don’t interact that pulled me out of the audio at times.
Overall - thrilling! And I really enjoyed the conclusion.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
Great fast read. Twists and turns and character intersections keep you turning the pages
That was darker then I expect it to be. Loved the multiple perspectives, wasn’t the biggest fan of Suzuki. The Whale and the Cicada were both so interesting and amazing that Suzuki felt kinda flat.
The writing style was very easy I just noticed that I kept stopping before Suzuki’s point of view.
The writing style was very easy I just noticed that I kept stopping before Suzuki’s point of view.