夜市

An interesting dive into two different mystery worlds

夜市 isn't a book for a complete beginner, it was my sixth and I still had many words that I needed to look up. On top of that, it's a mystery book that dives into 2 different but somewhat similar parallel worlds - like Chihiro in Spirited Away.

Both stories are melancholic, slightly dark and both touch some topics, that are a bit more mature, like murder.

My biggest problem with reading it was that, unfortunately, I still have trouble understanding somewhat abstract sentences. This is a problem that not everyone has, of course, but you should keep that in mind if you want to read the book. Therefore, I must say that for this exercise, the book was great.

As @jberezan already said:

This is perfect for intermediated learners as the frequency of unusable (due to archaism etc.) vocabulary is relatively low, and Kotaro's prose is concise enough to piece together even if you may not know every word in a sentence.

I wholeheartedly agree.