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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Un concept intéressant : un inspecteur qui passe la plus grande partie du livre à innocenter des gens, procédant ainsi par élimination. Le seul bémol est le manque de réalisme : aucun policier au monde n'a autant de temps à consacrer à un seul crime ni au monde qui l'entoure.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur books for the review copy.
I had never read any of Higashino's work before and have come to understand that he is a famous Japanese mystery writer.
Well, not my cup of tea. The detective kind of reminds me of Colombo, just appearing out of nowhere and putting all these pieces together, but on the whole, not an author I plan to indulge in again.
I had never read any of Higashino's work before and have come to understand that he is a famous Japanese mystery writer.
Well, not my cup of tea. The detective kind of reminds me of Colombo, just appearing out of nowhere and putting all these pieces together, but on the whole, not an author I plan to indulge in again.
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Decent mystery, the storytelling style was kinda interesting but so many name made it kinda difficult to follow at times. Kaga is still pretty cool tho.
Extrordinary narration. New experience of detective story. Story flows like a river.
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
This was a very good Higashino novel, probably one of my favourite novels from him.
A woman is murdered in a business district in Tokyo. At the beginning, the story is told in the form of small vignettes, told from the perspective of shop-owners near the area who hear about the murder second hand. They are surprised when a police officer drops in repeatedly to make enquiries about seemingly unimportant details. But through these small discoveries, unimportant clues are explained away while the accurate picture of the case is built up.
Plotwise, the motive for the murder is fairly perfunctory, but in a way that lends to the verisimilitude; this seems like a murder that can happen in real life. The murderer had no watertight alibi, no grand plan for escape, and the only way they avoid detection is because their connection to the woman is obscure. Yet the way that Higashino structures the novel makes the eventual connection to the murderer natural and logical.
The thread running through the novel was family, and specifically how family seems to generate conflict in different ways. These relations and emotions are explored tenderly. And the author also convincingly shows how family can lead one to kill.
A woman is murdered in a business district in Tokyo. At the beginning, the story is told in the form of small vignettes, told from the perspective of shop-owners near the area who hear about the murder second hand. They are surprised when a police officer drops in repeatedly to make enquiries about seemingly unimportant details. But through these small discoveries, unimportant clues are explained away while the accurate picture of the case is built up.
Plotwise, the motive for the murder is fairly perfunctory, but in a way that lends to the verisimilitude; this seems like a murder that can happen in real life. The murderer had no watertight alibi, no grand plan for escape, and the only way they avoid detection is because their connection to the woman is obscure. Yet the way that Higashino structures the novel makes the eventual connection to the murderer natural and logical.
The thread running through the novel was family, and specifically how family seems to generate conflict in different ways. These relations and emotions are explored tenderly. And the author also convincingly shows how family can lead one to kill.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
relaxing
medium-paced