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(4.57/5)December 23, 2024
February 4, 2025
Easily the best japanese book I've ever read, would recommend to anyone who likes mystery. It's a large scale book set over a long period of time and containing a vast amount of characters, but the flow of the writing style creates effortless transitions between chapters and draws you in until you don't even realise how long it is. By the end I'd grown so invested in the world and mystery I didn't even notice it had finished until I turned the page and realised there wasn't any more. My tips w
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harder than 告白L33
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a little harder than 52ヘルツのクジラたちL32
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a little easier than 海辺のカフカ〈上〉L33
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harder than ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟L31
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harder than 容疑者Xの献身L32
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similar in difficulty to 幻夜L34
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harder than コンビニ人間L29
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a little harder than 探偵ガリレオL32
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similar in difficulty to 霧越邸殺人事件<完全改訂版> 上L35
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similar in difficulty to 羊をめぐる冒険 (上下)L34
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harder than 方舟L32
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similar in difficulty to 自転しながら公転するL33
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harder than 獣の奏者 (1)L34
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harder than 密やかな結晶L35
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easier than こころL39
Really good book, best one I've read so far in the mystery genre. Very well worth the read, hard parts due to vocabulary and some colloquial/kansai ben, but otherwise pretty simple grammar.
Note: I recommend keeping a list of characters with the general gist of who they are, as the story progresses. Because, there's toooooo many characters and time skips, so it's hard to track, especially if you suck at kanji names like I do.