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A review by dee9401
Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe
2.0
An okay read. I liked her novel Shadow Family but didn't like another of hers called All She Was Worth. I've had this book on my shelf for awhile and turned to it in hopes of inspiring my own writing. Japanese fiction really put a spark under me for what I wanted to write, especially Natsuo Kirino and Kenzo Kitakata. So, I picked Crossfire up and read it.
It's a little sci-fi, a little mystery and a little police procedural. The plot was a little too neatly wrapped up, with characters conveniently intersecting each other at opportune times. I gave it two stars since that rating means it was "ok." It wasn't anything special for me and it wouldn't be the book I'd recommend of hers if someone asked.
Two things that I didn't like were the supernatural/sci-fi component of the story and the vigilante justice motif that ran through the story. I can't do anything about the first since that's the story she wrote. My problem, not anyone else's. As for the latter, I think she could have put more words to problematizing the vigilante theme. She provides support for it and not enough to oppose it. I fall into the opposition side and think that her bad people were cardboard cutouts and the victims were too perfectly drawn.
It's a little sci-fi, a little mystery and a little police procedural. The plot was a little too neatly wrapped up, with characters conveniently intersecting each other at opportune times. I gave it two stars since that rating means it was "ok." It wasn't anything special for me and it wouldn't be the book I'd recommend of hers if someone asked.
Two things that I didn't like were the supernatural/sci-fi component of the story and the vigilante justice motif that ran through the story. I can't do anything about the first since that's the story she wrote. My problem, not anyone else's. As for the latter, I think she could have put more words to problematizing the vigilante theme. She provides support for it and not enough to oppose it. I fall into the opposition side and think that her bad people were cardboard cutouts and the victims were too perfectly drawn.