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If you do not want to read about adult sexual themes (some nonconsensual) and violence this is not your book.
Broadly a book about obsession, stalking, and murder. A very easy read, there's not much for fancy sentences here. Definitely falls into common crime story tropes and plods along pretty predictably. I enjoyed it well enough - sometimes something mindless is fun. The second half of the book really pulls you along but the first half is a slow burn. There are movies based on this book series which seem like they might also be worthwhile.
edit: I watched the movie based on this book and I disliked it so much I didn't even finish it. They changed the plot substantially and the characters were unlikeable.
There was one chapter that made me go and check the publication date (2017?!) because it was basically an explanation of how to use Facebook dressed up as a dialogue between two characters. There were also contrived conversations about types of serial killers and what social engineering is, among other things. Lots of over explanation here - after awhile it started to feel like Baby's First Murder Mystery.
I didn't have much in the way of vocab to look up but if you are unfamiliar with either crime vocab (body parts, legal terms, detective slang) or basic computer/tech vocab you might have some dictionary time ahead of you. I did have a small handful of phrases to look up (矢面に立つ, 灸を据える, etc). I enjoy collecting those so that was great.
I really liked the audiobook but it does change and remove some words. Nothing extreme and it's consistent what words it does this with.