Reviews - Death on Gokumon Island

540 reviews for:

Death on Gokumon Island

Seishi Yokomizo

3.75 AVERAGE

jkay404's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

chloemaskall's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

lost my copy of the book :(

veeisreading's review against another edition

3.0

rating : 3,5 ⭐
aku lebih suka buku sebelumnya yang "the honjin murders". di buku ini terlalu banyak deskripsi yang terlalu panjang dijelaskan (menurutku). tapi aku tetap suka keseluruhan ceritanya. dan di buku ini, intuisiku dari awal tentang siapa pelakunya ternyata tepat sekali.

cameron_cassidy's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stories_of_the_soul27's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious slow-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

Seishi Yokomizo is able to create fantastic atmosphere with death and gruesome murders. It is something I have found consistent in his books. He writes mystery to invoke a certain sense of sadness that we associate with death.

However in this book I couldn’t connect neither with the victims nor with the other characters. This was simply a mystery book with multiple deaths to up the stakes. A lot of work needed to be put to build character depth in order for the reveal to have a solid impact. A character driven mystery story needs work and patience.

However, that being said the story of the islanders was very fascinating. If the background of the islanders and the interrelationship of the interested parties were delved into more, the story would have been rich.

Lastly, and this is personal - the gross underdevelopment of the women characters left a bad taste in my mouth. I am honestly tired of seeing women being used as a victim in this ‘classic’ mystery stories.