flyingfox02 's review for:

Malice by Keigo Higashino

3.5

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A very quick and intense mystery novel that's unlike anything I've read before. It's not a whodunnit story but rather a whydunnit. A murder happens and the perpetrator is discovered a few chapters in, and it was pretty obvious who. The rest of the novel is spent on working out the motive for the murder. There's a lot of twists and turns, no dillydallying. But it was this fast pace that makes me confused on how the detective came to his final conclusion. Maybe I just missed it and should go back to it but whatever. So yeah the ending was a bit meh. Other than that I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely will be reading more from the author.

Jeff Woodmann narrates the audiobook. Not a fan of the voice he uses for Nonoguchi, but otherwise he didn't do a bad job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape