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A review by heliogabalous_vrz
To Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia
4.0
I don't usually read crime novels, so this was new for me, very interesting actually gave me a few of those "lessons" mystery novels are so good at, when they try to find out who committed the murder from the newspaper lettering in the anonymous letter. Super interesting I had never thought about how that classic cliche is really the criminal giving a million little hints about who they are, what they believe, and what they own.
The political milieu was a bit alien to me, as in Australia to vote people usually don't read hundreds of books and look to artists for who to vote for. The final chapter was a bit revelatory how people in power can just tie multiple people to horrible crimes to get a tiny thing done or for a personal issue. Not in some big organised conspiracy, but in some big incomprehensible mess of unofficial and official hierarchy and power. Reminded me a lot of the video game pathologic where people try to give you tasks, false leads, and mysteries to solve so you stop bothering them and they can keep getting away with their own little schemes
The political milieu was a bit alien to me, as in Australia to vote people usually don't read hundreds of books and look to artists for who to vote for. The final chapter was a bit revelatory how people in power can just tie multiple people to horrible crimes to get a tiny thing done or for a personal issue. Not in some big organised conspiracy, but in some big incomprehensible mess of unofficial and official hierarchy and power. Reminded me a lot of the video game pathologic where people try to give you tasks, false leads, and mysteries to solve so you stop bothering them and they can keep getting away with their own little schemes