kariganspencil 's review for:

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda

3.0

slow-paced

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I am loving alternative format books lately. This one has each chapter set up like an interview with people connected to the crime 30 years after the fact. We also have letters, newspaper articles, and journal entries to add to the information. However, this was super slow. There were a lot of unnecessary tangents. And the ending was unsatisfying (at least to me) and a bit ambiguous still. Maybe there is something lost in translation? Do many Japanese mysteries end with ambiguity? Maybe I'm missing some important clues because I'm not as familiar with Japanese culture, history, and myth?