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*Heavy Sigh*
I can't wrap my head around the supposed brilliance of this book.
More like the police detective in this book is honestly proper clueless about apprehending criminals that don't leave clues of their guilt like bread crumbs for him to easily clue up on.
Honestly should have just written Yukawa in as the detective and saved readers the trouble.

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Also can i just say fuck that Yasuko woman and her daughter.
Should have spoken up right from the start or just let Ishigami handle it. For that matter why tf did he even confess? Far as i could see all they had was conjecture, zero solid proof and even worse zilch evidence to actually pin either Yasuko or Ishigami.
So like why did everyone just decide to fuck themselves up like that?

Ugh!!! Really upset with the direction the author decided to take this book in.

❤❤
All in all, an okay enough crime novel but honestly way below what i was expecting considering all the praise this book has.

Totally random, but i wondered as i read this book, if it lost something of its magic with the translation to English.

mindduckbooks's review against another edition

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I heard a lot about this writer and book since I live in Japan. I have been putting it of for a while now and finally decided to reluctantly read it as I don't read detective stories very often. So needless to say I didn't expect much. Not only did it surpass my expectation but I have to admin that it might be one of the most compelling detective stories I have ever read. It warms my heart when the "classic" lives up to it's reputation. Highly recommended, check out our discussion about it on episode 71 of the Mind Duck Books podcast: https://bit.ly/45f499C

#devotion #suspect #x #keigo #higashino #crime #mystery #detective #galileo #japan

chouz's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

Really great, and kept me glued to the page the whole time. I watched the j-drama years ago before reading the novel and I should read the rest of the Detective Galileo novels to keep these good murder vibes going.

jcouchoud's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

jaina's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

erinkilmer's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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