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lampbee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Moderate: Gore, Grief, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
At the very end i thoughtthesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Rape and Pregnancy
serendipity421's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Pregnancy
alisonannk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Abortion
akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
This book was pretty good! It’s nicely written and structured well. The story is filled with twists and turns as usual. Most I didn’t see coming, but a couple I did which I felt very good about lol. I think the connection between the cases was pretty good. The motive reminded me a bit of his previous work Malice.
I found the conclusion and ending to be a bit rushed, and I wasn’t totally satisfied with who actually killed Saori. But aside from that I really liked it! I loooooved all the literary references and I loved the reference to The Devotion of Suspect X!
While not as great as his other books I think it’s still a worthy read.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Infertility and Rape
gpriyanka134's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
jhbandcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
As in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, an evil man is killed and quite a few people have reason to have wanted him dead. He got away with the murder of a 12-year-old girl twenty years ago, and he's apparently just gotten away with the murder of another young woman whose body was recently found. If the legal system can't bring him to justice, maybe the many aggrieved personages can do so.
Detective Galileo isn't a detective at all. He's a physicist who's good friends with a couple of people in the Tokyo Metro Police Department. When they're flummoxed by seemingly unsolvable murders, they tell him what they know; he brings a fresh perspective to the cases and figures it all out well before they do. He's a likable character who, like Sherlock Holmes, makes the point that *he's* not a policemen so he doesn't need to report back to the cops if he feels justice would be better served by his silence.
Again, this series is fabulous. Highly recommended.
Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Murder