trishadelle's reviews
72 reviews

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional hopeful fast-paced

3.0

Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

"...from start to finish, the case was only ever a matter of train and plane timetables. The answers all lay buried within them."

It read like a genuine crime investigation. No unnecessary drama. We're just though-dumping alongside the investigator.

The Mill House Murders: The Classic Japanese Locked Room Mystery by 綾辻 行人, Yukito Ayatsuji

mysterious medium-paced

4.25

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

fast-paced

2.0

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

This felt too plain and descriptive. It lacked any form of emotion. I feel like most translated books tend to lose their essence along the way.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.5

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

I loved the dynamic between Fox and Death. The fact that he calls him Papa and their thing of snapping a rubberband on their wrists whenever they curse (in a futile attempt to be better pepople) are adorable.