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All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe
3.0
All She Was Worth was a standard missing persons/stolen identity case. Set in the early 90s, it was nostalgic to read about how the protagonist, Detective Honma, had to navigate sourcing the information before the internet boomed.
The story has a steady pace and I was never left with too little information. I felt as if the book was leaving a puzzle piece in each chapter to build the final picture. The M.O. of dodging loan sharks was scary and the explanation of how easy it is for any upstanding person to be targeted and begin the slippery descent in to crippling debt.
I didn't feel there was anything special about the story though. I felt like everyone was a little too helpful in helping Honma solve the puzzle. Was everyone in 90s Japan just that trustworthy?
The story has a steady pace and I was never left with too little information. I felt as if the book was leaving a puzzle piece in each chapter to build the final picture. The M.O. of dodging loan sharks was scary and the explanation of how easy it is for any upstanding person to be targeted and begin the slippery descent in to crippling debt.
I didn't feel there was anything special about the story though. I felt like everyone was a little too helpful in helping Honma solve the puzzle. Was everyone in 90s Japan just that trustworthy?