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Award: Naoki Prize (直木三十五賞)

Cover of カディスの赤い星. Cover illustration: picture of a man playing classical guitar, but the picture is blurred.

Book review: 『カディスの赤い星』by Go Osaka

Inhae February 6, 2024

A mystery/adventure book that takes us from Japan to Spain in 1975, カディスの赤い星 won the Naoki Prize as well as a Mystery and Adventure awards.

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Book review: 『容疑者Xの献身』 by Keigo Higashino

Inhae February 6, 2024

The Devotion of Suspect X is one of my favourite books of crime fiction ever! Highly recommended!

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Book review: 『ファーストラヴ』by Rio Shimamoto

Inhae February 6, 2024

This novel won the Naoki Prize in 2018. Even though the plot was interesting, I was not able to feel involved in the story and did not like the characters.

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Currently reading

  • Cover of 개구리 정운의 살인with “살인“ written in big letters at the center. The cover is filled with green leaves on a completely black background and some ripples effect on the foreground.
  • Cover of 十戒, the cover is black with dark purple wave design on top and a solid black circle in the middle towards the top. The title is written in big white letters.
  • Cover of 殺人是件嚴肅的事. The cover is beige with red dots on it. There’s an English title: The Killing for the Talented.
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