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> Tag: Keigo Higashino

“Which is harder: devising an unsolvable problem, or solving that problem?”

The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) by Keigo Higashino

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I feel like this author and I are just jamming together on the same vibe. I’ve seen other people’s reviews and YouTube reactions/book club live shows and my reactions are so different to theirs. I really feel like I just fall into this author’s worlds and just let him shamelessly manipulate me exactly the way he wants and it’s hard for me to imagine not being enthralled by what’s happening. They’re all like ‘meh,’ and I’m like what are you talking about?!??? This particular tome […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X

narfna's CBR15 Review No:141 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X ·
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A Japanese puzzle mystery I actually managed to figure out!

Newcomer (Kyoichiro Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino

February 11, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Last year I read Malice, the first book from this series translated into English, and it was so twisty and intriguing, I knew I had to read everything else translated into English by this author. And this second book bodes well. Though I didn’t find it as impactful as Malice, this book makes it clear that Higashino likes to play around with format and do new things with story structure in his books (and tone! this book is much less fucked up than Malice was). […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese, Japanese mystery, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, Kyoichiro Kaga, Newcomer, translated

narfna's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese, Japanese mystery, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, Kyoichiro Kaga, Newcomer, translated ·
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Bingos Among the Bodies

Malice by Keigo Higashino

October 12, 2022 by esmemoria 2 Comments

CBR Bingo: Body I was very excited a month ago, because I was starting a book that would finally give me a bingo—two, in point of fact. And then…nothing. I couldn’t get started for love or money. “Nooooo” I wailed, tearing my shirt like Stanley Kowalski and screaming, “Bingo! BINGO!” Luckily, narfna’s review of Keigo Higashino’s Malice saved the day. Malice features the brutal murder of a successful writer and the detective, Kyoichiro Kaga, who pursues the case. Like a lot of newer books I’ve […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Keigo Higashino

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cbr14bingo, Keigo Higashino ·
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Triple Cannonballing with one of the cleverest books I’ve ever read. #CBRBINGO – Minds

Malice (Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, #1) by Keigo Higashino

September 26, 2022 by narfna 10 Comments

Well, this was a ride. Malice was one of the most interesting and compelling mysteries I’ve ever read. I love it when authors play with the format of a genre, and that seems to be something Higashino does well. I really can’t say too much about this one without completely spoiling it, but this book’s plot covers the murder and murder investigation of the famous Japanese novelist, Kunihiko Hidaka. The book is told in alternating POVs from Hidaka’s childhood friend, Osamu—who is writing a chronicle of […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cbr14bingo, crime, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese lit, Japanese mystery, Keigo Higashino, Malice, mystery

narfna's CBR14 Review No:156 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cbr14bingo, crime, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese lit, Japanese mystery, Keigo Higashino, Malice, mystery ·
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You don’t have to hide it from me.

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

May 12, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

So this book has an interesting cover and makes it look like it’s like some kind of re imagining of the mystery and suspense genre. Instead, this might have been among the blandest mystery novels I’ve ever read. The crime is perfectly fine…an abusive ex-husband is killed while attacking his ex-wife and ex-stepdaughter. The mom panics and while trying to figure out her next steps, her next door neighbor comes over and offers to help her hide the body. Why? Because he’s been secretly in-love […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:256 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X ·
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Yes, but what’s the name of the translator?

March 18, 2017 by pluiedenovembre 2 Comments

Right from the very first lines this felt wrong. After struggling with the style for almost 15% of the novel, I decided to check the name of the translator and it’s not the same one who did all the other Keigo Higashino novels I have read in English. I understand that it isn’t always possible to work with the same translator but a good translation is supposed to make the reader forget she’s not reading the original work and that is simply not the case […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Japan, Keigo Higashino

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Japan, Keigo Higashino ·
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