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A review by readivine
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
4.0
Reread: 12/18/21
Reread this again in the same month last year! It's really interesting to see the little Easter eggs here, and I must say that the plot is really well-crafted, and didn't give away a lot. I'll be on a shin honkaku spree again this month before the year ends!
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The Decagon House Murders gave birth to the shin honkaku genre in Japan also known as "new orthodox" that revived in a way, the readership of honkaku mysteries. This felt like a love letter to Agatha Christie's famous work "And Then There Were None" but it also pushes the bounds of its predecessors. Dang, I really loved this book!!!
I think this would be by far my most favorite shin honkaku up to date because it made me feel things!!!! HAHAHA I was really scared shitless while reading but also very intrigued. It's very engaging and gave me the opportunity to be in the "game" as well.
But ohohohoboy, the twists were so amazing to see unfold especially that the murders were airtight (for me). Not to mention the fact that it's like another murder mystery novel created by an enthusiast for devoted murder mystery readers as well. (P.S. I also thought the same way when I read The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo w/c is also reissued by Pushkin Vertigo!)
I enjoyed reading the parallels of this novel from different murder mystery roots and I even got to know more other renowned authors and works in the genre as alluded here. Alongside this, as an Architecture graduate, I really loved how the architecture of the settings played as the center stage for the crimes. It was really exciting!!! (Generally, I just love murder mysteries that lays out the floorplans)
This was also satisfying to read and verrryy manipulative in a good way! Finally reading this major work of the shin honkaku genre had cemented my resolve to read more of these translated fiction!!!
Reread this again in the same month last year! It's really interesting to see the little Easter eggs here, and I must say that the plot is really well-crafted, and didn't give away a lot. I'll be on a shin honkaku spree again this month before the year ends!
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The Decagon House Murders gave birth to the shin honkaku genre in Japan also known as "new orthodox" that revived in a way, the readership of honkaku mysteries. This felt like a love letter to Agatha Christie's famous work "And Then There Were None" but it also pushes the bounds of its predecessors. Dang, I really loved this book!!!
I think this would be by far my most favorite shin honkaku up to date because it made me feel things!!!! HAHAHA I was really scared shitless while reading but also very intrigued. It's very engaging and gave me the opportunity to be in the "game" as well.
But ohohohoboy, the twists were so amazing to see unfold especially that the murders were airtight (for me). Not to mention the fact that it's like another murder mystery novel created by an enthusiast for devoted murder mystery readers as well. (P.S. I also thought the same way when I read The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo w/c is also reissued by Pushkin Vertigo!)
I enjoyed reading the parallels of this novel from different murder mystery roots and I even got to know more other renowned authors and works in the genre as alluded here. Alongside this, as an Architecture graduate, I really loved how the architecture of the settings played as the center stage for the crimes. It was really exciting!!! (Generally, I just love murder mysteries that lays out the floorplans)
This was also satisfying to read and verrryy manipulative in a good way! Finally reading this major work of the shin honkaku genre had cemented my resolve to read more of these translated fiction!!!