怪人二十面相

A classic of mystery fiction

I just realized that my language learning rating/entertainment rating is the exact opposite of basilesauce, so I think I need to justify my rating a bit more.

In terms of language learning, the sentence structure is very straightforward, which means that it's easier to focus on the vocabulary. This book is aimed at a younger public, so you won't see any advanced kanji and many words are written completely in hiragana. Again, that means that you have to know (or learn) the vocabulary. Moreover, as mentioned in basilesauce's review, the book covers many different short scenes, each using their own set of words. All in all, that's a lot of words packed in one short book for you to learn.

In terms of entertainment, if you are familiar with this type of story (see cat's review), there's probably no development in there that will surprise you. And that's fine, since that means that you won't have to second guess your understanding of the content. Again, I feel that really helps focus on the learning. Anyway, it's a classic of the genre in Japan and the titular character (as well as other characters from the series) are often referenced in pop culture, so it's not a bad idea to read it.