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137 reviews for:

The Mantis

Kōtarō Isaka

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I've been loving Isaka's Assassin series and this is another great addition to it. It has more of a civilian focus than the others, and explores another side of hitmen.
medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Leave the unpredictable to the Japanese authors 
funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Not bad, still enjoy the humor of Kotoro Isaka's books. Maybe not my favorite of the lot but the ending was sweet and tied things together nicely 
mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
reflective medium-paced