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The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
yawn The Decagon House Murders is a pale imitation of the novel it is trying to pay homage to. While by no means a terrible read, I found it to be boring and ultimately deeply underwhelming. As the self-proclaimed whodunnit enthusiast that I am, I was looking forward to reading this, especially as it promised…
1980s, 2 STARS, 20th century, 3rd pov, Adult, amateur detective, CRIME, golden age detective fiction, ISLAND, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, male authors, men who do not seem to know how to write women, MURDER, murder mystery, MYSTERY, published in 1987, read in 2022, revenge, SUSPENSE, The Decagon House Murders, THRILLER, whodunnit, Yukito Ayatsuji -
The Door by Magda Szabó — book review
“[I]t was as if Emerence turned on her ghostly heel and put two fingers up at our guilty consciences, and our attempts to approach her. Each time it was as if yet another undisclosed facet of her million secrets glittered before us” One of the most obscurely bizarre books I’ve ever read. Moving between the…
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about writers, class, female doubles, female friendships, feverish, HISTORICAL FICTION, hungarian author, hungary, identity, introspective, LITERARY FICTION, madness, Magda Szabó, MEMORY, obsession, psychological, published in 1987, READ IN 2019, Religion, secretiveness, SUSPENSE, The Door, toxic relationships, tragedy, TRANSLATED FICTION, unnamed narrator
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