I loved the Decagon House Murders, so I was really excited to get into this book.

I like that we are getting to see the stories are connected by the houses build by the same architect. You know you'll have some interesting buildings and layouts to look forward to.

While this story was interesting, but it felt quite different to Decagon.

I did enjoy the story being told in the two different timelines which switched every chapter. Towards the end the 'past' chapters became less interesting though.

Yurie is just a lamp standing in the room for most of this book and pretty much everyone's relationship to her is weird or uncomfortable.
Only three women appear in this story and they contribute very little except be there for looks, being a carer and/or being scared/dying.

I guessed quite a few points of the mystery early on, so I was not that surprised in the end. One half of the big twist/reveal, I did not expect.
After sitting with it for a while, I am unsure how to feel about the twist... It feels quite unbelievable.

The last chapter is pretty much a monolog about what exactly happened. I dislike this trope a lot.

Overall, this book just was not the right vibe for me but was interesting nonetheless.

I am looking forward to the third book and I am hoping, that it will give me the spark that Decagon did.