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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Karakternya ser RT/RW beneran ini, ngenalin karakternya agak effort padahal ga penting-penting banget buat hidup pribadi pembaca (ampe ditulis dibuku soalnya takut lupa) pengen santai malah jadi nambah kerjaan.
I loved this book! I read the first Kaga story, which was absolutely brilliant in a spine chilling way, and I was hooked. This one is very different tonally, and has a much warmer sweeter feel to it, but the mystery is no less meticulously constructed. Kaga draws a great deal of inspiration from Columbo, which makes sense given how wildly Columbo was adopted in Japan, and reading his methodical reconstruction of events is delightful. A contemporary detective that ranks with the Marples and Marlowe’s of the past! I will definitely be reading more Kaga stories!
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Seru banget ceritanya. Cerita pembunuhan misterius tapi nuansanya nggak menegangkan dan mencekam, malah cenderung santai. Kaga yang jadi pendatang di daerah itu dan bab-bab ceritanya juga berkaitan sama toko-toko yang ada di daerah itu, jadi kayak perkenalan lingkungan. Kasus-kasus kecil yang dihadapi sama setiap tokoh di setiap bab juga menarik banget, penyelesainnya selalu bikin puas. Walau karena ada banyak tokoh itu, jadi kadang sulit untuk mengingat "si ini yang di mana ya"
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I come away surprised every time I start a new Higashino book. He continually plays with the form and expectations of the standard noir mystery. Newcomer is a story more focused on each of the individual witnesses of a murder than the actual murder itself. This is a risky move and requires a writer that has mastered his craft; fortunately Higashino clearly has.
The book is split up into a bunch of sections each detailing out how a small subset of characters from a local shop or family tie into a central mystery in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. The author coyly shies away from revealing the actual murder, instead he parcels out a minuscule piece of the overall picture with some of the chapters looping back details and clues from the previous set of characters as Detective Kaga patrols the neighborhood and conducts his interviews. It is ingenious in how it creates a genuine sense of community around a mystery. It is not the cold heartless approach or even the schlocky overwrought emotional mystery, just a warm, almost feel-good mystery by the end.
This is my PSA, stop sleeping on Higashino! This is not even my favorite mystery of his, that probably still goes to The Devotion of Suspect X, but it is definitely Top 3 and I have not been disappointed by any of his translated works that I have sampled.
The book is split up into a bunch of sections each detailing out how a small subset of characters from a local shop or family tie into a central mystery in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. The author coyly shies away from revealing the actual murder, instead he parcels out a minuscule piece of the overall picture with some of the chapters looping back details and clues from the previous set of characters as Detective Kaga patrols the neighborhood and conducts his interviews. It is ingenious in how it creates a genuine sense of community around a mystery. It is not the cold heartless approach or even the schlocky overwrought emotional mystery, just a warm, almost feel-good mystery by the end.
This is my PSA, stop sleeping on Higashino! This is not even my favorite mystery of his, that probably still goes to The Devotion of Suspect X, but it is definitely Top 3 and I have not been disappointed by any of his translated works that I have sampled.
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"People who've been traumatised by a crime are victims, too. Finding ways to comfort them is also part of my job"
Another brilliant detective novel by Higashino Keigo, in which he shows again why the forte of his writing is in exploring the humanistic aspects of the people involved in a mystery/detective story. When a murder happens, we are all affected, and Keigo make it very clear our responsibilities to care for another and the importance of understanding one's motivation and agency in order to grasp the hollistic picture.
The novel centre around the investigation of the murder of a women who was a newcomer to Nihon-bashi Tokyo, but expand to include vignettes and stories of the different people that made up the local community which help to shed lights into all the little details found along the investigation. While there is a big overarching mystery, it is through these smaller mysteries along the way that we get a picture of the victim's life from how she interact with others and go through her day as a newcomer in a small town of Tokyo where Japanese culture are kept alive through a plethora of traditional shops. The writing is griping and easy to follow, and the characters come as complex people with agency, not just plot device to discover the mystery. While the resolution of the overarching mystery might not come until near the end of the book, the work mirrors a police investigation where progress is only made through interaction with people and understanding their motivations, struggles, hopes, and dreams. This is, in my opinion, what Keigo does best in his work, portraying the humans behind the tragedy. Highly reccomended for those looking for a detective mystery that is not too intense and instead rooted in the lived experiences of people in a community.
Another brilliant detective novel by Higashino Keigo, in which he shows again why the forte of his writing is in exploring the humanistic aspects of the people involved in a mystery/detective story. When a murder happens, we are all affected, and Keigo make it very clear our responsibilities to care for another and the importance of understanding one's motivation and agency in order to grasp the hollistic picture.
The novel centre around the investigation of the murder of a women who was a newcomer to Nihon-bashi Tokyo, but expand to include vignettes and stories of the different people that made up the local community which help to shed lights into all the little details found along the investigation. While there is a big overarching mystery, it is through these smaller mysteries along the way that we get a picture of the victim's life from how she interact with others and go through her day as a newcomer in a small town of Tokyo where Japanese culture are kept alive through a plethora of traditional shops. The writing is griping and easy to follow, and the characters come as complex people with agency, not just plot device to discover the mystery. While the resolution of the overarching mystery might not come until near the end of the book, the work mirrors a police investigation where progress is only made through interaction with people and understanding their motivations, struggles, hopes, and dreams. This is, in my opinion, what Keigo does best in his work, portraying the humans behind the tragedy. Highly reccomended for those looking for a detective mystery that is not too intense and instead rooted in the lived experiences of people in a community.