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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kosuke Kindaichi is back and this time a murder takes place on a remote island where the locals are anything but friendly. In this closed community as the number of victims mount can Kosuke reveal the murderer and stop them before more deaths occur.
I really enjoyed this novel and more so after reading the Honjin Murders. Kosuke is an interesting detective and the cast of characters on the island where all so well written (and all so suspicious) that I couldn't put the book down until I knew who did it. A gripping and claustrophobic story where the murderer is hiding on plain sight and where the Island's inhabitants unwittingly hinder more than help solve the crime.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review
I really enjoyed this novel and more so after reading the Honjin Murders. Kosuke is an interesting detective and the cast of characters on the island where all so well written (and all so suspicious) that I couldn't put the book down until I knew who did it. A gripping and claustrophobic story where the murderer is hiding on plain sight and where the Island's inhabitants unwittingly hinder more than help solve the crime.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Death on Gokumon Island is the fourth of the Kosuke Kindaichi novels to be translated into English. This story takes place just after World War II when Kindaichi-san is sent to Gokumon Island by his dear friend Chimata. On his death bed, Chimata requests Kindaichi to go to his home and save his sisters from being murdered. Death on Gokumon Island contains family rivalries, theatricality, lunatics, and even pirates.
While this is the fourth novel to be translated it is the second chronologically but that does not matter if you have read the other three as they are standalone novels that do not require the others (except the first one) in order to read them. These translations are very good. Sometimes translations can be difficult to read but this has a very modern language feel to it.
I highly recommend this series of novels and look forward to the next one to be translated.
While this is the fourth novel to be translated it is the second chronologically but that does not matter if you have read the other three as they are standalone novels that do not require the others (except the first one) in order to read them. These translations are very good. Sometimes translations can be difficult to read but this has a very modern language feel to it.
I highly recommend this series of novels and look forward to the next one to be translated.
I guessed who did it about a third of the way in. Kosuke’s a likeable character though - takes everything in his stride hahaha
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
▷ Representation: Japanese cast & setting; mc with a speech impediment.
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Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gore, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Alcohol, War, Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape
➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical misogyny and classism, graphic period-typical ableism, rape mentioned, smoking, alcohol consumption & abuse, a secondary character with alcoholism, blood and gore depiction including dead bodies, a secondary character with chronic rheumatism, death of a friend from illness recounted, femicide by strangulation (multiple, off-page), gun violence, active military duty & war themes recounted including the accidental detonation of underwater mines (on-page), and animal abuse (off-page).
Context: A secondary character is imprisoned in his room (literally in a cage) because he is a 'madman'/'lunatic'. A secondary character mentions he enjoys raping women. Mentions of a secondary character's pet cat being suspended from the ceiling by a rope but is uninjured.
I'm enjoying this series so much that I've been forced to start learning Japanese in order to read all 77 of them. I'm sure it will be worth it.