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Nine people (six college friends and a family of three) ended up spending the night at an underground building. At dawn, earthquake stroke and the rocks blocked the door to go back to the ground. Water is rising up, the underground building will be submerged in a week. A murder occured. The only way to escape is one person must sacrifice themselves. But out of the nine people, who should die? The murder culprit?

I wrote this review but to be honest, I’m aware I’m not good at analyzing nor praising literature, so I can only talk about my enjoyment while reading. Out of 39 books and 3 audiobooks I have read/listened in Japanese until now, this book is the best one! I finished this book today - Valentine day, and I can’t imagine a better way to spend this day. Whenever I read Mystery novels, I have a little concern, even if the majority of the book is great, will I be satisfied with the ending? For this book, it is a big YES, I LOVE it, I was shaking with excitement reading the last remaining pages. Might be a bit gory and dark, but exactly how I like it. I have 2 more books from the 本屋賞 2023 nominators to read, and I’m on the fence about the other 6 nominators… regardless of the award result, I will remember this book and its story for a long time.

My favourite chara? The 犯人 of course

My favourite quote:　映画でもあるよね。殺されそうな人が、自分には恋人がいるとか、家族がいるとかって命乞いするシーン。家族とか恋人がいなかったら殺していいのかって話だよね。世の中、みんなに人権があるって言ったって、その中から誰か犠牲者を選ぶってなったら、一番愛されていない人が選ばれるんでしょ？