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The Decagon House Murders
by Yukito Ayatsuji
A love story to classic murder mysteries. It is just familiar enough to feel like homage, but also added enough to feel fresh. Obviously, the main plotline is reminiscent of "And There There Were None' by Agatha Christie, but along with the current murders the we are trying to solve, were also trying to find the truth behind the previous murders on the island as well as the prior death of a student an how all of these are connected. The reveal was really well done, we got multiple POVs so that made it even more confusing and intriguing. Not ashamed to say that I had no idea what the final answers were going to be until the very end. I think that the characters were ok, there were a lot, so keeping track of everything (especially considering that they used pseudonyms) was a bit confusing.
This book was much more gruesome than others in this genre (or at least the murder mysteries that I have read). I liked that, I think it worked especially for the regret from the killer at the end. Of course the plan was complex, the revenge plot on the students that were at the party where the girl the killer was in love with (and the daughter of the architect of the Decagon House) killing the student one by one, having parts of paintings finished ahead of time to solidify an alibi on the mainland and helping two others that have gotten mysterious letters. There were a lot of twists and turns in this one and I think that the number of characters and the fact I listened to it on audio made it confusing.
This book was much more gruesome than others in this genre (or at least the murder mysteries that I have read). I liked that, I think it worked especially for the regret from the killer at the end. Of course the plan was complex, the revenge plot on the students that were at the party where the girl the killer was in love with (and the daughter of the architect of the Decagon House) killing the student one by one, having parts of paintings finished ahead of time to solidify an alibi on the mainland and helping two others that have gotten mysterious letters. There were a lot of twists and turns in this one and I think that the number of characters and the fact I listened to it on audio made it confusing.