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Content warnings: child abuse, murder
As a note, I listened to the audiobook, but do not own the text. My audiobook had a PDF accompaniment of the house diagrams, but I only looked at them once or twice. They're described pretty thoroughly so I didn't really need to keep referring to them.
I agree with Druadan's assessment of this book having a stronger opening than ending. The writing isn't great, but it was at least interesting at the beginning. The ending felt muddled, untidy, and ultimately unsatisfying. I didn't hate it, but it will only get recommended by me for the simple fact that books at this level, aimed at adults, aren't super common.
The writing is straight forward and generally plain with little literary flair. A huge chunk of the book is straight dialogue. The vocabulary, while perhaps not the sort you'd find in textbooks (監禁 and 撲殺 come to mind), is pretty limited and has a good deal of repetition. For a learner who wants to test the waters of novels and enjoys mysteries this isn't a terrible choice. Especially so if they want to test the waters of listening as the audiobook is decently produced.