A review by didis_diaries
The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee

4.0

Fukuoka prison is a small, functioning world with its own rules. The reader doesn’t get too much information on what’s going on in Japan or the world in general, so you really get the feeling of being in that prison. Before I started reading this novel I was a bit anxious to read about the horrible things people can do to each other, especially during war time. But Lee manages to tell the story in a very calm and poetic way that makes that brutality bearable for the reader. This is a very melancholic, sad and literary novel about the importance of reading, which I enjoyed quite much.