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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very good mystery, with excellent atmosphere, relatable characters and a genuine twist solution. Not perfect, few clues for the readers to find the solution, indeed the solution is presented as impossible by the narrative until the resolution, but if considered more a thriller than a mystery definitely a good read.
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
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
mysterious
slow-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
dark
mysterious
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
"And Then There Were None" style mystery written and set in Japan in the 1980s.
7 friends, all members of mystery club, arrive on an island where a multiple murder happened the year before. Trapped on the island they are taunted when seven plates appear at the house stating 5 victims, one detective, and one murderer. They think it may be a practical joke until the first one of them turns up dead...
If you liked And Then There Were None, you will enjoy this. It's not as tense as the Christie classic as the story jumps from island to mainland so the sense of rowing temsion and paranoia is slightly lost. All in all a good solid whodunnit.
7 friends, all members of mystery club, arrive on an island where a multiple murder happened the year before. Trapped on the island they are taunted when seven plates appear at the house stating 5 victims, one detective, and one murderer. They think it may be a practical joke until the first one of them turns up dead...
If you liked And Then There Were None, you will enjoy this. It's not as tense as the Christie classic as the story jumps from island to mainland so the sense of rowing temsion and paranoia is slightly lost. All in all a good solid whodunnit.
I received a copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
When I was a young teenager, I went through a phase of voraciously reading classic mystery fiction (particularly Agatha Christy and Dorothy L Sayers). So I was very excited to read this book, which is heavily influenced by that era of detective stories. I also really enjoyed all the allusions to And Then There Were None - my favourite of Agatha Christy's work and possibly of all detective fiction.
I really enjoyed the writing style of The Decagon House Murders and the sense of tension that pervaded the story. The characters were, on the whole, quite well-written; although I did get Poe/Leroux/Van confused sometimes. I really enjoyed reading this book, especially as it's pleasingly short and fast-paced compared to many of the other books I've been reading lately. My one gripe was that the ending just wasn't... satisfying enough for me. It made sense, it tied things up, there was nothing massively objectionable about it, but I was expecting a bit more, somehow. Most of my reading experience was more like four stars, but the ending just nudged it over to three stars overall.
When I was a young teenager, I went through a phase of voraciously reading classic mystery fiction (particularly Agatha Christy and Dorothy L Sayers). So I was very excited to read this book, which is heavily influenced by that era of detective stories. I also really enjoyed all the allusions to And Then There Were None - my favourite of Agatha Christy's work and possibly of all detective fiction.
I really enjoyed the writing style of The Decagon House Murders and the sense of tension that pervaded the story. The characters were, on the whole, quite well-written; although I did get Poe/Leroux/Van confused sometimes. I really enjoyed reading this book, especially as it's pleasingly short and fast-paced compared to many of the other books I've been reading lately. My one gripe was that the ending just wasn't... satisfying enough for me. It made sense, it tied things up, there was nothing massively objectionable about it, but I was expecting a bit more, somehow. Most of my reading experience was more like four stars, but the ending just nudged it over to three stars overall.
dark
mysterious
medium-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
This book kept me guessing the whole time. It was an amazing read!
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
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:
Yes