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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
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:
No
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
kind of wild to read this so soon after And Then There Were None and not realize that it was such a love letter to that book before starting
dark
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:
No
I enjoyed this homage to 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie. The author does not try to hide the fact that they are celebrating one of the best closed circle mysteries ever written. While I didn't feel the same sense of dread that I felt reading Christie's story, I enjoyed this one very much.
Set on an island (naturally) where the previous inhabitants died in a mysterious fire, the story is told in dual perspectives. We follow the Kyoto University mystery club who have been invited to the island 6 months after the mysterious deaths of the family that lived there, and we also get narrative from a former member of the mystery club who is back on the mainland but who is engaged in the mystery after receiving an invitation to the island signed by the former - dead - owner.
This was fun and I will be reading the next one in this series.
Set on an island (naturally) where the previous inhabitants died in a mysterious fire, the story is told in dual perspectives. We follow the Kyoto University mystery club who have been invited to the island 6 months after the mysterious deaths of the family that lived there, and we also get narrative from a former member of the mystery club who is back on the mainland but who is engaged in the mystery after receiving an invitation to the island signed by the former - dead - owner.
This was fun and I will be reading the next one in this series.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
All in all a very interesting mystery to read! I was completely caught up in the false myth of a living dead man, just like the protagonists and didn’t stop to consider that the real murderer was amongst them.
The twist of Van/Morisu being the same person was stellar and not something I caught until he revealed his own nickname.
The tone in this book was so scary and tense and I have to credit the author for that.
The twist of Van/Morisu being the same person was stellar and not something I caught until he revealed his own nickname.
The tone in this book was so scary and tense and I have to credit the author for that.
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated