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I enjoyed this story a lot, but I definitely got the feeling from the book club that I was mostly alone in that. I suppose if you really want to solve the mystery perfectly this is a frustrating story because you're given lots of little clues and you could in theory figure it out, but for me I was just floating by on vibes and enjoying coming up with wild theories without much concern as to whether or not I was right.
Comes down to the type of reader you are for mysteries. Weird masked man in a strange building hidden away with a young 'wife'? Hoarding his dad's paintings? Inviting people to his weird house once a year to see the paintings except for one he hides? Man wtf. I'm interested.
I'm inclined to think L34 (which is where this is at as of Dec 2024) is too high for this series. Aside repetitive use of some old fashioned (ish) kanji reading this was a breeze.