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A review by typewriterdeluxe
Case Closed, Vol. 7 by Gosho Aoyama
3.0
This volume covers 3 stories (or 0.5 + 1 + 0.5 cases if we’re being specific). The festival case from the previous book is wrapped up, Jimmy and the gang travel to a quiet island town to deal with a mysterious request (and a murderous piano?), and a hostage case related to a soccer player ends in a cliffhanger.
While the cases themselves are complicated and interesting, Jimmy’s cover is getting thinner (especially in this volume) and as an adult reader my interest is wavering a bit because of that paradox. I’m starting to have a hard time believing that Jimmy should be able to get away with his alias for much longer because of all the repeated close calls. (Come on Rachel, aren’t they starting to add up?)
But... despite my qualms about Jimmy's not-so-secret secret identity, I still love the cases enough to have the next few volumes on hold at the library! Hopefully Volume 8 feels stronger than Volume 7.
While the cases themselves are complicated and interesting, Jimmy’s cover is getting thinner (especially in this volume) and as an adult reader my interest is wavering a bit because of that paradox. I’m starting to have a hard time believing that Jimmy should be able to get away with his alias for much longer because of all the repeated close calls. (Come on Rachel, aren’t they starting to add up?)
But... despite my qualms about Jimmy's not-so-secret secret identity, I still love the cases enough to have the next few volumes on hold at the library! Hopefully Volume 8 feels stronger than Volume 7.