A review by marmoset737
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama

4.0

Needed to give myself some time to think about this and do it justice. While I feel like the book was marketed as the Japanese "Girl with A Dragon Tattoo" - it's not at all that, I'm not even sure I'd classify it as a "crime novel" even though it centers around a horrific crime. Instead it's an intense - and sometimes alienating/mystifying - deep delve into contemporary Japanese culture via the experiences of a press director at a local police unit. It took me a long time to read - but it wasn't necessarily because I wasn't "into" the book or riveted by it or distracted by other books (usually the reason a book might take longer than usual). It's ultimately worth the payoff though in my opinion.