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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada

4.0

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Okay, I don’t know what I was getting into when I started reading this, but seriously, wow. I mean, this may not be for everyone or for the faint. I think I was drawn in by the macabre ways of this storyline, yet intrigued by the ideology. It’s the way this “character” put together this entire plan in their mind. Honestly, I felt like it was such a trip. I know that it was all just fictional, but I can only imagine how many people out there have thought this way, or do think and feel this way. It’s terrifying. The fact that these are words written on paper to describe something so heinous is terrifying. The book focuses more on trying to solve this macabre mystery that happened back in the 30s. We then have a detective who, several, and I mean decades later, tries to continue and solve this case with a friend. The theories put together to solve the case are just all over the place, and even from the beginning, they start to make some sense. The dynamic between the friends was fun to follow. The ending, though, is hilarious because I didn’t figure it out prior to its ending. However, my mom called it before it even ended. She said it was so predictable. My mom loves these kinds of stories and is pretty good at figuring these thrillers out!