Having a break after work. A good dose of Japanese macabre tales to read while eating some great Taco Bell food.

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The story does not make sense, the writing is clumsy, the characters are dull and dumb. It feels like a bad parody more than a crime novel.

Murder at Mt. Fuji, Shizuko Natsuki

4/10

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One of my favorite Japanese books! Highly recommend 🇯🇵✨

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Japanese books I finished in January ✨

店長がバカすぎて / 3 stars ⭐️
Funny and the mfc is so relatable ww but honestly I don’t see way this was nominated for honya taisho in 2020

52ヘルツのクジラたち / 4 stars ⭐️
Love the writing style!

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I finished あした天気にしておくれ by Futari Okajima (岡嶋二人), a mystery novel about horse racing. It was really great, especially for a debut novel!

I found that parts of the mystery were easy to foresee early in the novel, but even then, the plot was engrossing and the end really good. Some elements related to betting were a bit difficult to follow (for me), but otherwise it was an easy, entertaining read.

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I’m reading 寝台特急殺人事件 by Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎), it’s the first novel in the series of train mysteries. I’ve read another book (終着駅殺人事件) and really loved it, so I thought I would explore the series more.

I think that each novel is associated with a different train line. In 終着駅殺人事件, it was the ゆうづる train that connected Ueno and Aomori stations.

The star of 寝台特急殺人事件 is the はやぶさ (Hayabusa) sleeper train that used to run between Tokyo and Kagoshima 🚃.
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