October 5, 2022

I echo eefara's sentiments about the prologue being much harder than the rest of the book. There are scattered bubbles of hard vocabulary, but the bulk of the book is not difficult to follow and has pretty standard writing.

I enjoyed the characterizations and I could see how this book influenced the modern Japanese mystery genre. If you're a fan of mystery I recommend picking this up, if for no other reason than to catch the references to it. This book does stand on its own however and so even without the cultural significance it's an enjoyable read and the ending I felt was overall satisfying although perhaps not as tidy as I may have liked.

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on September 22, 2024
harder than点と線L34
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on September 22, 2023
harder than天久鷹央の推理カルテL31
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on July 23, 2023
harder thanハサミ男L31
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on January 23, 2023
similar in difficulty toユージニアL36
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on December 23, 2022
similar in difficulty to夢探偵フロイト: -マッド・モラン連続死事件-L34
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on December 20, 2022
easier than黄金仮面L38
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on December 16, 2022
harder than崩れる脳を抱きしめてL34
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on November 25, 2022
easier than死仮面L39
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on November 24, 2022
similar in difficulty to教場L34
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on October 5, 2022
harder than容疑者Xの献身L32
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on October 5, 2022
similar in difficulty toモテ薬L32
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on October 5, 2022
similar in difficulty to三毛猫ホームズの推理L31
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on October 5, 2022
similar in difficulty to硝子の塔の殺人L33
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on October 5, 2022
harder than謎解きはディナーのあとでL32
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on October 5, 2022
similar in difficulty toドールハウスの人々L33