Have to say that in the end I was disappointed. You tell me that this book is a homage to "And Then There Were None" and it ends up just being kind of a mess with an ending that was nothing like that book. It didn't help that Ayatsuji had some of the book following two other characters so you don't ...
While I always feel disdain when an author deliberately hides information so that it can be a twist when it should have really been part of the story, the strength of the weirdness of the curse was strong enough through the whole book so that the reveal didn't ruin it. It made it less powerful and I...
This story ends how pretty much every Japanese horror seems to end, with a man killing a woman. It also has the trope of "Let the Man Do It". Of course when a woman is ready to end the horror, Mr. Brotag has to step up and do it because it would simply be too much for a woman to take. Overall the ...
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is ...
I was a little wary of this book. I've read or watched every version of Another that's officially been made available in English, starting with the anime, then the original novel, and finally the manga. I noticed I was burning out on the story by the time I got to the manga. Could a sequel novel wor...
At the beginning of April, I decided to branch out of my comfort zone and take a look at Japanese anime. As with most things, I went in and fully immersed myself which of course means that after finishing a few of the anime I wanted to check out the manga from which they were created. (I think you c...
The one other book by Ayatsuji that I'd read, Another, was interesting enough that, when I heard The Decagon House Murders (originally published in 1987) had been translated, I knew I wanted to read it. In some ways it turned out to be better than Another, but in some ways it was worse. In The Deca...
In 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers into third-year class 3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. Due to a collapsed lung, he's unable to start at the same time as the other students, making him even more of an outsider than usual. His classmates are mostly friendly, but sometimes behave strangely, and ...
3.5 starsWatched the movie beforehand, so I can't help but felt that the author cheated a little bit at the end. Intriguing and fascinating, nonetheless.
I am a fan of this kind of plot, I like that it is dark and gloomy and that there is some kind of curse in this class. I am not finding it entirely Horror, but since there are sudden deaths and no one can see Misaki (except the new student), I get it. I am reading this online and the translation may...
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