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I loved the story and how it developed. I was glad to have read it based on Yukitanuki's recommendation and not having read the blurb on the jacket of the book so each part of the mystery was a surprise as it unfolded.
It's a great book for early practice for kanji reading on paper. Whereas the 銭天堂 series is for 3rd - 4th graders, this book is for 5th-6th graders.
More specifically, the kanji/kana/furigana strategy is as follows: Kanji always shown through grade 6, from junior high maybe or it might be in kana. No furigana on words with grade 1-4 Kanji. Furigana always appears on names and words with grade 5+ Kanji. So it's not as kanji dense as an adult level novel, but it doesn't suffer from long kana strings or furigana clutter. It's a very pleasing reading experience and level of kanji knowledge to reach.
The word choice and context feel easier than Zenitendo/銭天堂 (plus many fewer onomatopoeia) but the kanji reading is a step up in difficulty here as above. The pages aren't very text dense compared to other books at this level. It's a great entry book for practicing your kanji reading if you've covered a good amount(>70% perhaps) through grade 4. A lot of words are so common you can guess them, and less common words are often explained as part of the narration.