A review by natasha29singh
Villian by Shūichi Yoshida

3.0

I wasn’t quite understanding the point of the book, because the mystery is solved about midway through, but I realized it’s very [a:Kanae|6426380|Kanae Minato|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473896309p2/6426380.jpg]sque crime fiction that focuses more on how different characters react to a crime (I was also reminded of the deliquent-couple-on-the-run arc from [b:Real World|2119409|Real World|Natsuo Kirino|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320479929l/2119409._SY75_.jpg|2124845].) There was a nice little twist at the end, and I enjoyed the novel's take on the essentially morally gray nature of crime and compliance.