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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
War ganz gut, manche Läden hätte man rausnehmen können, für mich persönlich etwas zu viel obwohl gerade das das Buch ausmacht. Kaga wird auch hier wie in dem anderen Buch sehr gut dargestellt. :)
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-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
it was more of a feelgood mystery than a murder, full of suspense.
love how the chapters flow and intersect nicely with each other, the humanity side of each individual (even the perpetrator!) was highlighted nicely.
i don't think this book wants to tell you in definite the rights and wrongs, but moreso that compassion is needed to see through those rights and wrongs.
love how the chapters flow and intersect nicely with each other, the humanity side of each individual (even the perpetrator!) was highlighted nicely.
i don't think this book wants to tell you in definite the rights and wrongs, but moreso that compassion is needed to see through those rights and wrongs.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
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
Another book that cant be predicted. It contain a lot of name, but it was needed.
In someway, heartwarming
In someway, heartwarming
Last year I read Malice, the first book from this series translated into English, and it was so twisty and intriguing, I knew I had to read everything else translated into English by this author. And this second book bodes well. Though I didn’t find it as impactful as Malice, this book makes it clear that Higashino likes to play around with format and do new things with story structure in his books (and tone! this book is much less fucked up than Malice was). Which bodes really well for the rest of his books! Mystery is one of my favorite genres, but long-time (and popular) authors in the genre do have a tendency to repeat themselves or develop a formula. I hope that Higashino’s stuff continues to defy that.
Anyway, this was a clever little puzzle mystery. A woman is murdered in a certain section of Tokyo that abuts another section of Tokyo that is known for being old-fashioned, and has a lot of quaint little shops that sell more traditional items. Instead of following the detective, each of the nine chapters in the book follow side characters in the area, all of whom are being questioned by the police in relation to the murder. Detective Kaga, new to the area (and with a reputation for unorthodox investigation), is one of the detectives. The POV sticks close to the people being interviewed, so we are as much in the dark about what is going on as they are. Gradually over the course of the book, the picture becomes clear to us the reader.
That would be clever enough, but each chapter also has little mini-mysteries (sort of) that Kaga settles for the side characters, so you get a little mini-arc for each chapter as the main arc builds.
The next book in this series was translated and published in December 2022, so I’m sure I’ll be getting to that some time this year. And then I have the books in his other series, Detective Galileo (starting with The Devotion of Suspect X), as well as a standalone or two. But this author has published so many books! English language publishers need to take advantage of this gold mine and translate more of his books.
Anyway, this was a clever little puzzle mystery. A woman is murdered in a certain section of Tokyo that abuts another section of Tokyo that is known for being old-fashioned, and has a lot of quaint little shops that sell more traditional items. Instead of following the detective, each of the nine chapters in the book follow side characters in the area, all of whom are being questioned by the police in relation to the murder. Detective Kaga, new to the area (and with a reputation for unorthodox investigation), is one of the detectives. The POV sticks close to the people being interviewed, so we are as much in the dark about what is going on as they are. Gradually over the course of the book, the picture becomes clear to us the reader.
That would be clever enough, but each chapter also has little mini-mysteries (sort of) that Kaga settles for the side characters, so you get a little mini-arc for each chapter as the main arc builds.
The next book in this series was translated and published in December 2022, so I’m sure I’ll be getting to that some time this year. And then I have the books in his other series, Detective Galileo (starting with The Devotion of Suspect X), as well as a standalone or two. But this author has published so many books! English language publishers need to take advantage of this gold mine and translate more of his books.
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challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-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
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No