Malice by Keigo Higashino….
First you have a narrator who narrates you of a simple murder….. Then you have a minor twist then you have a major twist then you have a ultra major twist and finally everything you read till now is actually the biggest twist!…
What a ride it is to read Keigo Higashino!… My only regret is that I don’t know Japanese!… So what we get to read is the translation!… Just imagine if the translation is so good then the original would have been dynamite!!…
Without giving spoilers I cannot even begin to review this masterpiece!… It reminds me of this Hindi movie (very underrated but extremely well made I would say!)….. Its about a couple on their holiday who are Pegged into a game which promises them riches but ruins their life!…. It was finally because they had ragged the rich guy’s son who had become mentally unstable because of that!… How this sets into the story is for you to read and realise!….
The devotion of suspect x is not a coincidence!….Keigo is not a one novel wonder!… He is the real deal and he is here to stay!….
The best part is that the author makes everyone intelligent!… The person who narrates, the murderer, the detective who investigates and most of all the reader!… This is a refreshing change and for someone like me who has been trying to complete a novel for years now the bar has been raised higher!…. Of course the best thing is to get inspired!….
The best part of the story is how the characterization of a particular person in the storyline is done by a single incident is just mind blowing to say the least!….. All of 190 pages you had this set impression about the murdered guy and in the last few pages it just gets a complete opposite turn!….
Also interesting is how so many plausible sub plots and novel ideas have been dealt with such aplomb!…. Each one could have become a best seller in proper hands (read Keigo!!)
Gearing up for the next one!….keep em coming Keigo!…. You rock big time!!…..
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