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On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury.
But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning h...
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420
ISBN13:
9784043710027
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(4.12/5)8 ratings2 reviews
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catsays
January 22, 2023
omk3says
January 14, 2023
A horrible crime that happened decades ago still haunts the people who witnessed it even today. Most chapters are structured like interviews with people who had some connection to those past events, and we get to read only their side of the conversation in long, wandering monologues. Each person's memories and impressions are subjective, and slightly different. With each account the readers gradually add mismatched pieces to the puzzle in the hopes that a complete picture will be formed at the e
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January 15, 2023
Content warnings: murder (including children), suicide, animal death
This book started out strong and was great for reading with a book club due to the slow unveiling of clues, unreliable narrators, and conflicting stories. It was fun to dissect.
That said, I felt it went on just a bit too long and the ending wasn't too my taste.
The writing in here will fluctuate a lot in difficulty with some chapters being breezy, easy reads and others intentionally confusing. It's often not clear who is sp