華麗なる探偵アリス&ペンギン

Language Learning

I listened to the audiobook version of this and found it approachable. I think it's a bit easier than something like ふしぎ駄菓子屋 because it's not a short story collection, and the pool of vocabulary felt like it remained roughly the same. Felt like the amount of lookups needed for comprehension was approachable. Also, as another reviewer noted, the main character speaks slowly as a part of her character. It annoyed me at first but once I realized it's part of her character I g

華麗なる探偵アリス&ペンギン is about an awkward, melancholy junior high student named Alice who goes to live with her father's old friend P.P. Junior, a detective who unexpectedly turns out to be a penguin. With the power of a mysterious ring, she can enter the Mirror World to transform into Alice Riddle and help P.P. catch criminals.

This book turned out to be surprisingly readable, only slightly harder than the Magic Tree House books despite being aimed at a junior high audience. Unlike younger children's