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First published August 1, 1999
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About the author
Keigo Higashino
186?books7,766?followersAssociated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 东野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ????????? ????? (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 东野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ????????? ????? (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
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August 18, 2023
A dramatic mystery with a twisty plot.
The creativity of the author always makes me surprised when solving crime cases.
Keigo Higashino is a good storyteller.
A complicated mystery about many people involved and related to a series of murder cases and crimes.
You can see the complex characters and well-developed.
The ending of the story is ambiguous.
I read it a few times, especially in the last few pages.
It is left up to us to think!
No easy answer to Good or Evil?
The creativity of the author always makes me surprised when solving crime cases.
Keigo Higashino is a good storyteller.
A complicated mystery about many people involved and related to a series of murder cases and crimes.
You can see the complex characters and well-developed.
The ending of the story is ambiguous.
I read it a few times, especially in the last few pages.
It is left up to us to think!
No easy answer to Good or Evil?
February 10, 2017
Pardon me, but I don't think those who only commented on the story catch the essence of this masterpiece.
The most amazing part of this book is not the plot itself! Instead, try concentrating on the details that Higashino-sensei gave you (e.g., what kind of books did the officer saw when he entered the boy's room for the first time at the beginning of the fiction?) and you would be able to solve many quizzes that were not revealed by the author...
This interaction between storyteller and readers is the reason I rated it 5 instead of 4.
The most amazing part of this book is not the plot itself! Instead, try concentrating on the details that Higashino-sensei gave you (e.g., what kind of books did the officer saw when he entered the boy's room for the first time at the beginning of the fiction?) and you would be able to solve many quizzes that were not revealed by the author...
This interaction between storyteller and readers is the reason I rated it 5 instead of 4.
March 29, 2019
“You know how the sun rises and sets at a certain time each day? In the same way, all of our lives have a day and night. But it’s not set like it is with the sun. Some people walk forever in the sunlight, and some people have to walk through the darkest night their whole lives. When people talk about being afraid, what they’re afraid of is that their sun will set. That the light they love will fade.”
‘Journey under the midnight sun’ begins with the murder of a pawnbroker in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973. Detective Sasagaki is assigned to investigate the crime. He uncovers a lot of clues and possible suspects, but the evidence isn’t enough to pin down a specific criminal. That’s why the case reaches a dead end and Sasagaki is forced to give up his investigation. He still continues to keeps tabs on two people involved in the crime, both related to the suspect and the victim in order to find their connection to the crime.
This book was absolutely brilliant! It is so much different from the other crime thrillers I’ve read; here, we follow the mystery and its effects for a long period of time. This novel takes place over a span of two decades and follows the lives of two people connected solely because of the crime and detective Sasagaki’s obsession with uncovering the truth, as he believes the crime has caused a ripple effect which impacts the lives of people even after 20 long years.
It had a unique, brilliantly crafted and intricate story-line. This was my second book by Keigo Higashino, after Devotion of Suspect X that I absolutely loved. One thing I noticed in his books that make them exceptional is that the mystery is not about who committed the crime but rather, how the crime was committed and the possible motivation behind it.
“When you wander in the dark too long, you start to see things that aren’t really there.”
The story is told from multiple points of views so we get to experience it from the perspective of different characters, mostly the minor characters. From them, we learn different aspects of the same events and other characters which were really interesting. Following the timeline, we get to see all the changes along the way in Japan. There were a lot of references to the video games, computer technology, movies, baseball and economic changes which manages to capture the heart of the changing and progressing era of the country. It also gives an insight into the Japanese culture and the way of life.
As the story progresses, a lot of characters get introduced. It might be a little overwhelming at first, but everything comes together eventually just like different pieces in the puzzle fit to show the whole picture and in the end, you’re left gasping for air at what you see! The shifting point of views among the different characters kept the tension alive. The story kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, making me feel all sorts of feels and caused me to question everything I’ve ever known!
This book truly is a masterpiece! If you’re a fan of thrillers and anything related to Japan, I highly recommend this book.
‘Journey under the midnight sun’ begins with the murder of a pawnbroker in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973. Detective Sasagaki is assigned to investigate the crime. He uncovers a lot of clues and possible suspects, but the evidence isn’t enough to pin down a specific criminal. That’s why the case reaches a dead end and Sasagaki is forced to give up his investigation. He still continues to keeps tabs on two people involved in the crime, both related to the suspect and the victim in order to find their connection to the crime.
This book was absolutely brilliant! It is so much different from the other crime thrillers I’ve read; here, we follow the mystery and its effects for a long period of time. This novel takes place over a span of two decades and follows the lives of two people connected solely because of the crime and detective Sasagaki’s obsession with uncovering the truth, as he believes the crime has caused a ripple effect which impacts the lives of people even after 20 long years.
It had a unique, brilliantly crafted and intricate story-line. This was my second book by Keigo Higashino, after Devotion of Suspect X that I absolutely loved. One thing I noticed in his books that make them exceptional is that the mystery is not about who committed the crime but rather, how the crime was committed and the possible motivation behind it.
“When you wander in the dark too long, you start to see things that aren’t really there.”
The story is told from multiple points of views so we get to experience it from the perspective of different characters, mostly the minor characters. From them, we learn different aspects of the same events and other characters which were really interesting. Following the timeline, we get to see all the changes along the way in Japan. There were a lot of references to the video games, computer technology, movies, baseball and economic changes which manages to capture the heart of the changing and progressing era of the country. It also gives an insight into the Japanese culture and the way of life.
As the story progresses, a lot of characters get introduced. It might be a little overwhelming at first, but everything comes together eventually just like different pieces in the puzzle fit to show the whole picture and in the end, you’re left gasping for air at what you see! The shifting point of views among the different characters kept the tension alive. The story kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, making me feel all sorts of feels and caused me to question everything I’ve ever known!
This book truly is a masterpiece! If you’re a fan of thrillers and anything related to Japan, I highly recommend this book.
January 31, 2016
Books written by Keigo Higashino leave most of the readers pretty speechless with their clever twists & turns, adroit characterization, and the depth of emotions that lace the actions on part of all concerned. The book under review is, even by his standards, a masterpiece, that has literally left me stunned. I am actually finding it difficult to write a review of it, but still, one has to try.
A pawnbroker named Yosuke Kirihara was found murdered in an abandoned bulding. The body had been found by a kid named Kikuchi who, along-with other kids, used to play in the ducts inside the building. Suspecting that Kirihara had gone to that building on some adulterous fling, Police zoom on the only female customer of the pawnshop: Fumiyo Nishimoto, as well as a regular customer of the udon-shop where she works: Tadao Terasaki (jealousy-angle). They, also continue pursuing the widow Yaeko Kirihara, the pawnbroker’s assistant Isamu Matsuura, as well as the Kikuchi family (because the pawnbroker was carrying an unusually large amount of money that he had, most uncharacteristically, withdrawn from Bank). However, alibies were all cast-iron. Only person devoid of an alibi is Terasaki, who died shortly in an accident. And it seems that this would remain as another unsolved low-profile murder in the books of Osaka Police. However, Detective Sasagaki couldn’t let the case go, because he had noticed two pre-teen kids in this ruined & desolate landscape who were very special, and very captivating. For the next twenty years, even after he retired, he pursued those two persons: (1) the daughter of Fumiyo Nishimoto: Yukiho, (2) the son of the deceased: Ryo Kirihara. The book is a journey of those two, the unstoppable & insatiable white queen, and her ever-faithful dark knight.
While I had started reading the book knowing fully well that this is not going to be a mystery in the traditional sense (Higashino simply enjoys breaking all the ‘rules’ that we associate with a mystery), the book left me literally gasping for breath as I raced towards the end with the Detective. Was I eager to see their fall? Yes. Oh God, yes! I wanted them to be destroyed, killed, ruined, burnt alive, thrown to wolves, fed to the grinder, etc. And I also wanted to see just what height they can reach taking this dark road until someone comes with the thunder. And all along, I also felt very-very sorry for them, as I also started joining the dots inside my mind to understand exactly how they had started this walk.
The book is complex to the extent where the reader knows that at the end of this maze only the Minotaur would be waiting for him. It was unbelievably good, deeply unsatisfactory, and heartbreakingly tragic. Why? Because so many lives got destroyed, one fell, the other rose, and we kept walking under the midnight Sun. Perhaps, we might have another book that would eventually show someone crashing even that Olympian figure, and only then it would be the end of the night.
Sorry about the rambling. Now, I wouldn’t like to take up any more of your time. Please enjoy the read. What? You are having doubts about reading the book? Are you crazy? This is an essential read!
Recommended, obviously.
A pawnbroker named Yosuke Kirihara was found murdered in an abandoned bulding. The body had been found by a kid named Kikuchi who, along-with other kids, used to play in the ducts inside the building. Suspecting that Kirihara had gone to that building on some adulterous fling, Police zoom on the only female customer of the pawnshop: Fumiyo Nishimoto, as well as a regular customer of the udon-shop where she works: Tadao Terasaki (jealousy-angle). They, also continue pursuing the widow Yaeko Kirihara, the pawnbroker’s assistant Isamu Matsuura, as well as the Kikuchi family (because the pawnbroker was carrying an unusually large amount of money that he had, most uncharacteristically, withdrawn from Bank). However, alibies were all cast-iron. Only person devoid of an alibi is Terasaki, who died shortly in an accident. And it seems that this would remain as another unsolved low-profile murder in the books of Osaka Police. However, Detective Sasagaki couldn’t let the case go, because he had noticed two pre-teen kids in this ruined & desolate landscape who were very special, and very captivating. For the next twenty years, even after he retired, he pursued those two persons: (1) the daughter of Fumiyo Nishimoto: Yukiho, (2) the son of the deceased: Ryo Kirihara. The book is a journey of those two, the unstoppable & insatiable white queen, and her ever-faithful dark knight.
While I had started reading the book knowing fully well that this is not going to be a mystery in the traditional sense (Higashino simply enjoys breaking all the ‘rules’ that we associate with a mystery), the book left me literally gasping for breath as I raced towards the end with the Detective. Was I eager to see their fall? Yes. Oh God, yes! I wanted them to be destroyed, killed, ruined, burnt alive, thrown to wolves, fed to the grinder, etc. And I also wanted to see just what height they can reach taking this dark road until someone comes with the thunder. And all along, I also felt very-very sorry for them, as I also started joining the dots inside my mind to understand exactly how they had started this walk.
The book is complex to the extent where the reader knows that at the end of this maze only the Minotaur would be waiting for him. It was unbelievably good, deeply unsatisfactory, and heartbreakingly tragic. Why? Because so many lives got destroyed, one fell, the other rose, and we kept walking under the midnight Sun. Perhaps, we might have another book that would eventually show someone crashing even that Olympian figure, and only then it would be the end of the night.
Sorry about the rambling. Now, I wouldn’t like to take up any more of your time. Please enjoy the read. What? You are having doubts about reading the book? Are you crazy? This is an essential read!
Recommended, obviously.
May 9, 2016
T?i ?? bình t?nh h?n, cách ??y 15 phút là m?t tr?ng thái khác. Lúc ?ó gi?ng nh? ???ng th? có d? v?t còn n??c m?t c? n?i nhau r?i ra kh?ng c?n c? g?ng. T?i hi?u r? vì sao mình r?i vào tr?ng thái ?ó.
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?? dày c?a B?ch d? hành tr?ng th?t ?áng n?n cho t?i khi t?i hoàn toàn b? cu?n vào di?n bi?n c?a c?u chuy?n. Chuy?n này ??ng th?i c?ng th?t là ?áng s? và có gì ?ó hoang ???ng. N?u ?? so sánh thì có l? nó gi?ng v?i c?m giác khi r?i t? do t? m?t n?i cao xu?ng, bi?t là s? tan xác khi ch?m ?áy nên trong lòng ho?ng lo?n v? cùng, th? nh?ng c? r?i m?i kh?ng d?ng l?i m?c cho mình ?? vùng v?y ??n c?n l?c, mà c?m giác ho?ng lo?n kia thì kh?ng h? bi?n m?t hay gi?m b?t ?i.
Ryoji và Yukiho có l? c?ng ?? nh? v?y.
T?i ?? b?o Keigo r?t h?i khi có m?t ??c gi? non y?u nh? t?i ph?i kh?ng? Ngh? l?i thì kh?ng sai nh?ng ch?c c?ng kh?ng t? ??n m?c ?y, ít nh?t thì ??i khi c?ng có linh c?m linh tinh gì ?ó cho dù ?? ??c hi?u khá hên xui. Ch?ng hi?u sao t? ??u t?i ?? ?inh ninh r?ng v? án gi?t ?ng ch? ti?m c?m ?? khi ?y ch? là m?t lát nh? c?t ngang qua cu?c ??i nh?ng ng??i có liên quan, và v?i riêng hai ??a tr? n?m ?ó m?i ch? là s? kh?i ??u. Cái linh tính th?t quá tào lao ?i nh?ng ??u h?n là v? ngh?a.
?úng là t?t c? m?i ch? b?t ??u.
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Kazunari dùng m?t t? ?? miêu t? ?n t??ng ban ??u v? Yukiho - theo t?i là m?t t? v? cùng khúc chi?t và ??t giá - là 'ti ti?n'. T?i kh?ng có c? h?i ti?p xúc v?i c? ta và l?i có l?i th? h?n h?n Kazunari vì nh?ng gì bi?t v? Yukiho tr??c ?ó dù ph?n nhi?u m?i ch? là phán ?oán cá nh?n ch? ch?a r? ràng h?n, c?m th?y tr?c giác c?a ng??i này th?t kh?ng t?i.
Yukiho - dù ch? là m?t nh?n v?t h? c?u - l?i là con h? li tinh ghê s? nh?t t?i t?ng g?p. C? ta kh?ng ?áng s? theo ki?u th?ng th??ng, d??ng nh? kh?ng cùng h? quy chi?u v?i nh?ng tr?i nghi?m t?m lí liên quan t?i máu me, tr?m c?p, tai n?n... T?i c?ng kh?ng bi?t ph?i di?n t? th? nào. M?t d?ng tr? ng?i v? tinh th?n, t?m lí mà ta kh?ng th? n?m b?t, kh?ng bi?t làm th? nào ?? v??t qua ch?ng, ki?u nh? khi b? bóng ?è, t?i kh?ng th? t? ch? ???c c? th? ?áng ra thu?c v? mình? V?i t?i, nh?ng n?i s? m? h? và v? danh ch? b? tr?n y?m b?ng lá bùa xoàng x?nh là s? t? kìm nén, d?i l?a b?n th?n nh? v?y tuy?t là th? ?áng s? h?n máu me nhi?u. Nh?ng con ng??i nh? Yukiho có th? ??i m?t cái l?t ??i th??ng nh? b?t c? ai xung quanh t?i v?y.
T? lúc hi?u ra t?t c? nh?ng trò b? ?i xung quanh ??u có bàn tay Yukiho nhúng vào, t?i ?? ghê t?m nh?n v?t ?ó ??n t?n cùng. Mà t?i ?? t??ng r?ng c? ta làm v?y ??n thu?n ch? vì kh?ng th? ch?p nh?n b?t c? ai che l?p v?ng hào quang gi? t?o xung quanh mình, k? c? ng??i b?n th?n thi?t ?? t?ng chia s? m?i ?i?u, k? c? ng??i m? nu?i ?áng kính ?? cho c? ta cu?c ??i tr??c ??y kh?ng dám v?i... Hóa ra v?n ch? là t?i c?n ngh?.
So v?i Yukiho, ?n t??ng v? Ryoji dù kh?ng th? nào g?i là t?t ??p b?ng ph?ng nh?ng c?ng khá kh?m h?n nhi?u. B?t c? chuy?n b?n th?u nào c?ng có s? tham gia c?a anh ta, th?m chí tay anh ta còn nhúng chàm nhi?u h?n c? Yukiho, nh?ng t?i l?i kh?ng có chung c?m nh?n nh? khi ngh? v? Yukiho. Có l? vì t?i kh?ng tài nào ?oán ???c ??ng c? tr? thù ??i c?a anh ta dù ch? chút ít; ho?c có l? vì ngay t? ??u Ryoji ?? l?a ch?n nh?n chìm mình ?i khi ??ng hành cùng Yukiho ?? ??i l?y ánh sáng cho cu?c ??i c?.
B?i n?o b? t?i ho?t ??ng nghèo nàn nên cu?i cùng ph?n ?ng m?i ào ào nh? v? ?ê. Ho?c gi? do t?i t? th?y có l?i vì ?? quy ch?p và hi?u sai h?i nhi?u, dù m?i ?i?u Yukiho và Ryoji ?? làm v?i nh?ng ng??i c? th?n quen l?n l? l?m xung quanh là ?? giành v? l?i ích t?i th??ng cho b?n th?n h? hoàn toàn là b?t nh?n, là t?i ác ?áng kinh t?m. V?n d? nh?n chi s? tính b?n thi?n hay là tính b?n ác? V?n ?? này còn ph?i bàn c?i nhi?u.
B?t c? ?i?u gì x?y ra ??u có lí do c?a nó, dù lí do ?y có ???c ng??i ??i ch?p nh?n và th?ng c?m hay kh?ng. T?i bi?t ?i?u này có trái v?i m?i th? t?i ???c giáo d?c t? nh? t?i gi? v? s? h??ng thi?n, ?i ng??c l?i nh?ng giá tr? ??o ??c ?? làm nên ph?n ng??i cho con ng??i, nh?ng v?n kh?ng th? nói d?i r?ng mình kh?ng có chút nào c?m th?ng cho nh?ng chuy?n b?n th?u h? ?? làm. T?i còn khóc nh? thác l? vì th??ng h?, th??ng cho s? hi sinh kh?ng h? ?i kèm m?t ?òi h?i cá nh?n nào c?a Ryoji; th??ng con yêu tinh b?t ??c d? kh?ng có quy?n ch?n l?a xu?t th?n cho mình - Yukiho - mà chính t?i t?ng kinh s?; th??ng cho s? loay hoay quanh qu?n, m?t nhoài thoi thóp trong ?êm tr?ng c?a h?... Có ph?i t?i ?iên quá kh?ng?
"... cho ??n cu?i ??i, Ryoji v?n lu?n khao khát ???c m?t l?n ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i, còn Yukiho c? ra s?c v?y vùng r?i m?i m?i chìm vào ?êm tr?ng." S?ng nh? v?y là cu?c s?ng ki?u gì ch??
Kh?ng còn cá b?ng, t?m pháo s?m s? m?c c?n r?i kh? héo l?i tàn.
??n t?n lúc ?ó, t?i m?i nh?n ra cái bóng l?ng tr?ng lóa m?t c?a Yukiho khi t?ng b??c thoát li kh?i chút h?i th? còn sót l?i trên ng??i Ryoji, th?t ra mong manh nh? bé bi?t d??ng nào, nh? th? ch? c?n m?t cái kh? ch?m c?ng s? v? v?n thành tr?m nghìn m?nh. Tr?i ?? t?i, và tr?i s? kh?ng còn sáng l?i. C? tình yêu gi?a Ryoji và Yukiho n?a, ch?c s? m?i ph?i nép mình trong bóng t?i th?i.
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T?i r?t thích B?ch d? hành b?i s? l?p lang bài b?n trong x?y d?ng khung x??ng và chi ti?t cho c?u chuy?n, d??ng nh? t?t c? ??u ???c tính toán t? m?. Mà ?i?u khi?n t?i c? l?t gi? h?t trang này t?i trang khác cu?n sách dày c?p này kh?ng ch? vì mu?n bi?t ti?p sau h? ?en này hai k? th?t l?c c?i ng??i ?y s? ?ào ti?p h? ?en nào khác và còn ??nh ?ào ??n bao gi? n?a (dù lòng ?? t? có c?u tr? l?i), mà còn vì mu?n tìm th?y ??ng c? ch?n xác c?a m?i chuy?n h?i hùng này.
Dàn nh?n v?t ph? c?a B?ch d? hành c?ng r?t hùng h?u, nh?ng m?i nh?n v?t ??u ???c giao vai trò c? th? và r?t may nó l?i kh?ng r??m rà nh? Tarot - lá bài phán quy?t, ch? ??i khi h?i khó nh? n?u có m?t cái tên xu?t hi?n l?i.
Ch? có m?t chi ti?t t?i th?y l?ng x?t là hành ??ng khi?n Ryoji b? Sasagaki tóm ?u?i. ?áng ra anh ta nên gi?u mình k? h?n ?? r?i l?i có th? thoát hi?m an toàn nh? bao l?n khác.
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So v?i Phía sau nghi can X:
V? gi?ng v?n: c? t??ng gi?ng ng??i khác c?, m?m m?i uy?n chuy?n h?n h?n. ??i l?p hoàn toàn v?i ?n t??ng ng?y ng? c?a m?t ng??i vi?t m?t sách và là d?n chuyên t? nhiên.
V? ch?t trinh thám, t?m lí: có c?m giác ?ám m?y che khu?t t?m nhìn c?a ng??i ??c trong B?ch d? hành có m?t ?? th?p h?n nh?ng ?? bao ph? l?i r?ng h?n. Kh?ng khó nh?n th?y s?c ép tinh th?n thoát ra t? ti?u thuy?t này, ngay c? khi ?? thoát ra kh?i ma tr?n ch? t?i v?n còn b? ?è d??i t?ng ?á t?m lí - nh?t là nh?ng ph?n c?nh cu?i, chúng c? l?n v?n m?i nh? m?c k?t trong ??u. T?i ngh? ?i?u th?i thúc ng??i ta ??c B?ch d? hành ??n cùng kh?ng ph?i chuy?n ph?i nh?n ra "ai là th? ph?m?", c?ng kh?ng ph?i th?c m?c "anh ta/c? ta ?? làm ?i?u ?ó nh? th? nào?" mà là t? quay cu?ng trong c?u h?i "t?i sao anh ta/c? ta ph?i làm nh? v?y?", r?i sau ?ó nh?n ?áp án k?t thúc v?i t?m tr?ng h?ng còn ?? ??n bàng hoàng.
Nên m?c dù kh?ng ph?i chuy?n gì ?áng ng?i, t?i ngh? r?ng v?n nên ki?m cu?n nào t??i vui m?t chút ?? ??c ti?p sau cu?n này, nên t?i ch?n m?t cu?n có ph?n h?i l? kia. Vì t?i bàng hoàng l?m.
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?? dày c?a B?ch d? hành tr?ng th?t ?áng n?n cho t?i khi t?i hoàn toàn b? cu?n vào di?n bi?n c?a c?u chuy?n. Chuy?n này ??ng th?i c?ng th?t là ?áng s? và có gì ?ó hoang ???ng. N?u ?? so sánh thì có l? nó gi?ng v?i c?m giác khi r?i t? do t? m?t n?i cao xu?ng, bi?t là s? tan xác khi ch?m ?áy nên trong lòng ho?ng lo?n v? cùng, th? nh?ng c? r?i m?i kh?ng d?ng l?i m?c cho mình ?? vùng v?y ??n c?n l?c, mà c?m giác ho?ng lo?n kia thì kh?ng h? bi?n m?t hay gi?m b?t ?i.
Ryoji và Yukiho có l? c?ng ?? nh? v?y.
T?i ?? b?o Keigo r?t h?i khi có m?t ??c gi? non y?u nh? t?i ph?i kh?ng? Ngh? l?i thì kh?ng sai nh?ng ch?c c?ng kh?ng t? ??n m?c ?y, ít nh?t thì ??i khi c?ng có linh c?m linh tinh gì ?ó cho dù ?? ??c hi?u khá hên xui. Ch?ng hi?u sao t? ??u t?i ?? ?inh ninh r?ng v? án gi?t ?ng ch? ti?m c?m ?? khi ?y ch? là m?t lát nh? c?t ngang qua cu?c ??i nh?ng ng??i có liên quan, và v?i riêng hai ??a tr? n?m ?ó m?i ch? là s? kh?i ??u. Cái linh tính th?t quá tào lao ?i nh?ng ??u h?n là v? ngh?a.
?úng là t?t c? m?i ch? b?t ??u.
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Kazunari dùng m?t t? ?? miêu t? ?n t??ng ban ??u v? Yukiho - theo t?i là m?t t? v? cùng khúc chi?t và ??t giá - là 'ti ti?n'. T?i kh?ng có c? h?i ti?p xúc v?i c? ta và l?i có l?i th? h?n h?n Kazunari vì nh?ng gì bi?t v? Yukiho tr??c ?ó dù ph?n nhi?u m?i ch? là phán ?oán cá nh?n ch? ch?a r? ràng h?n, c?m th?y tr?c giác c?a ng??i này th?t kh?ng t?i.
Yukiho - dù ch? là m?t nh?n v?t h? c?u - l?i là con h? li tinh ghê s? nh?t t?i t?ng g?p. C? ta kh?ng ?áng s? theo ki?u th?ng th??ng, d??ng nh? kh?ng cùng h? quy chi?u v?i nh?ng tr?i nghi?m t?m lí liên quan t?i máu me, tr?m c?p, tai n?n... T?i c?ng kh?ng bi?t ph?i di?n t? th? nào. M?t d?ng tr? ng?i v? tinh th?n, t?m lí mà ta kh?ng th? n?m b?t, kh?ng bi?t làm th? nào ?? v??t qua ch?ng, ki?u nh? khi b? bóng ?è, t?i kh?ng th? t? ch? ???c c? th? ?áng ra thu?c v? mình? V?i t?i, nh?ng n?i s? m? h? và v? danh ch? b? tr?n y?m b?ng lá bùa xoàng x?nh là s? t? kìm nén, d?i l?a b?n th?n nh? v?y tuy?t là th? ?áng s? h?n máu me nhi?u. Nh?ng con ng??i nh? Yukiho có th? ??i m?t cái l?t ??i th??ng nh? b?t c? ai xung quanh t?i v?y.
T? lúc hi?u ra t?t c? nh?ng trò b? ?i xung quanh ??u có bàn tay Yukiho nhúng vào, t?i ?? ghê t?m nh?n v?t ?ó ??n t?n cùng. Mà t?i ?? t??ng r?ng c? ta làm v?y ??n thu?n ch? vì kh?ng th? ch?p nh?n b?t c? ai che l?p v?ng hào quang gi? t?o xung quanh mình, k? c? ng??i b?n th?n thi?t ?? t?ng chia s? m?i ?i?u, k? c? ng??i m? nu?i ?áng kính ?? cho c? ta cu?c ??i tr??c ??y kh?ng dám v?i... Hóa ra v?n ch? là t?i c?n ngh?.
So v?i Yukiho, ?n t??ng v? Ryoji dù kh?ng th? nào g?i là t?t ??p b?ng ph?ng nh?ng c?ng khá kh?m h?n nhi?u. B?t c? chuy?n b?n th?u nào c?ng có s? tham gia c?a anh ta, th?m chí tay anh ta còn nhúng chàm nhi?u h?n c? Yukiho, nh?ng t?i l?i kh?ng có chung c?m nh?n nh? khi ngh? v? Yukiho. Có l? vì t?i kh?ng tài nào ?oán ???c ??ng c? tr? thù ??i c?a anh ta dù ch? chút ít; ho?c có l? vì ngay t? ??u Ryoji ?? l?a ch?n nh?n chìm mình ?i khi ??ng hành cùng Yukiho ?? ??i l?y ánh sáng cho cu?c ??i c?.
B?i n?o b? t?i ho?t ??ng nghèo nàn nên cu?i cùng ph?n ?ng m?i ào ào nh? v? ?ê. Ho?c gi? do t?i t? th?y có l?i vì ?? quy ch?p và hi?u sai h?i nhi?u, dù m?i ?i?u Yukiho và Ryoji ?? làm v?i nh?ng ng??i c? th?n quen l?n l? l?m xung quanh là ?? giành v? l?i ích t?i th??ng cho b?n th?n h? hoàn toàn là b?t nh?n, là t?i ác ?áng kinh t?m. V?n d? nh?n chi s? tính b?n thi?n hay là tính b?n ác? V?n ?? này còn ph?i bàn c?i nhi?u.
B?t c? ?i?u gì x?y ra ??u có lí do c?a nó, dù lí do ?y có ???c ng??i ??i ch?p nh?n và th?ng c?m hay kh?ng. T?i bi?t ?i?u này có trái v?i m?i th? t?i ???c giáo d?c t? nh? t?i gi? v? s? h??ng thi?n, ?i ng??c l?i nh?ng giá tr? ??o ??c ?? làm nên ph?n ng??i cho con ng??i, nh?ng v?n kh?ng th? nói d?i r?ng mình kh?ng có chút nào c?m th?ng cho nh?ng chuy?n b?n th?u h? ?? làm. T?i còn khóc nh? thác l? vì th??ng h?, th??ng cho s? hi sinh kh?ng h? ?i kèm m?t ?òi h?i cá nh?n nào c?a Ryoji; th??ng con yêu tinh b?t ??c d? kh?ng có quy?n ch?n l?a xu?t th?n cho mình - Yukiho - mà chính t?i t?ng kinh s?; th??ng cho s? loay hoay quanh qu?n, m?t nhoài thoi thóp trong ?êm tr?ng c?a h?... Có ph?i t?i ?iên quá kh?ng?
"... cho ??n cu?i ??i, Ryoji v?n lu?n khao khát ???c m?t l?n ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i, còn Yukiho c? ra s?c v?y vùng r?i m?i m?i chìm vào ?êm tr?ng." S?ng nh? v?y là cu?c s?ng ki?u gì ch??
Kh?ng còn cá b?ng, t?m pháo s?m s? m?c c?n r?i kh? héo l?i tàn.
??n t?n lúc ?ó, t?i m?i nh?n ra cái bóng l?ng tr?ng lóa m?t c?a Yukiho khi t?ng b??c thoát li kh?i chút h?i th? còn sót l?i trên ng??i Ryoji, th?t ra mong manh nh? bé bi?t d??ng nào, nh? th? ch? c?n m?t cái kh? ch?m c?ng s? v? v?n thành tr?m nghìn m?nh. Tr?i ?? t?i, và tr?i s? kh?ng còn sáng l?i. C? tình yêu gi?a Ryoji và Yukiho n?a, ch?c s? m?i ph?i nép mình trong bóng t?i th?i.
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T?i r?t thích B?ch d? hành b?i s? l?p lang bài b?n trong x?y d?ng khung x??ng và chi ti?t cho c?u chuy?n, d??ng nh? t?t c? ??u ???c tính toán t? m?. Mà ?i?u khi?n t?i c? l?t gi? h?t trang này t?i trang khác cu?n sách dày c?p này kh?ng ch? vì mu?n bi?t ti?p sau h? ?en này hai k? th?t l?c c?i ng??i ?y s? ?ào ti?p h? ?en nào khác và còn ??nh ?ào ??n bao gi? n?a (dù lòng ?? t? có c?u tr? l?i), mà còn vì mu?n tìm th?y ??ng c? ch?n xác c?a m?i chuy?n h?i hùng này.
Dàn nh?n v?t ph? c?a B?ch d? hành c?ng r?t hùng h?u, nh?ng m?i nh?n v?t ??u ???c giao vai trò c? th? và r?t may nó l?i kh?ng r??m rà nh? Tarot - lá bài phán quy?t, ch? ??i khi h?i khó nh? n?u có m?t cái tên xu?t hi?n l?i.
Ch? có m?t chi ti?t t?i th?y l?ng x?t là hành ??ng khi?n Ryoji b? Sasagaki tóm ?u?i. ?áng ra anh ta nên gi?u mình k? h?n ?? r?i l?i có th? thoát hi?m an toàn nh? bao l?n khác.
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So v?i Phía sau nghi can X:
V? gi?ng v?n: c? t??ng gi?ng ng??i khác c?, m?m m?i uy?n chuy?n h?n h?n. ??i l?p hoàn toàn v?i ?n t??ng ng?y ng? c?a m?t ng??i vi?t m?t sách và là d?n chuyên t? nhiên.
V? ch?t trinh thám, t?m lí: có c?m giác ?ám m?y che khu?t t?m nhìn c?a ng??i ??c trong B?ch d? hành có m?t ?? th?p h?n nh?ng ?? bao ph? l?i r?ng h?n. Kh?ng khó nh?n th?y s?c ép tinh th?n thoát ra t? ti?u thuy?t này, ngay c? khi ?? thoát ra kh?i ma tr?n ch? t?i v?n còn b? ?è d??i t?ng ?á t?m lí - nh?t là nh?ng ph?n c?nh cu?i, chúng c? l?n v?n m?i nh? m?c k?t trong ??u. T?i ngh? ?i?u th?i thúc ng??i ta ??c B?ch d? hành ??n cùng kh?ng ph?i chuy?n ph?i nh?n ra "ai là th? ph?m?", c?ng kh?ng ph?i th?c m?c "anh ta/c? ta ?? làm ?i?u ?ó nh? th? nào?" mà là t? quay cu?ng trong c?u h?i "t?i sao anh ta/c? ta ph?i làm nh? v?y?", r?i sau ?ó nh?n ?áp án k?t thúc v?i t?m tr?ng h?ng còn ?? ??n bàng hoàng.
Nên m?c dù kh?ng ph?i chuy?n gì ?áng ng?i, t?i ngh? r?ng v?n nên ki?m cu?n nào t??i vui m?t chút ?? ??c ti?p sau cu?n này, nên t?i ch?n m?t cu?n có ph?n h?i l? kia. Vì t?i bàng hoàng l?m.
January 2, 2016
As a mystery: the story drags on for too long, introducing more and more subplots that ultimately did very little to advance the main plot. The author makes the reveal of the motive and 'trick' of each subplot self-evident to the extent that by the time the ultimate reveal comes, the reader is no longer interested. The ultimate reveal of the overall motive and 'trick' does little to justify the long setup, and the resolution is lacking in the way of consequences to the characters involved.
As a drama: the central protagonists are unsympathetic, not helped by the fact that readers only perceive them through the lenses of numerous underdeveloped secondary characters. The reveal about the protagonists' past is not interesting enough to inform their actions throughout the tiring amount of subplots introduced. It is not clear why the author needs to introduce an excessive amount of redundant subplots to establish the protagonists, or even what his overall objective was in terms of creating character arcs for the protagonists.
As a drama: the central protagonists are unsympathetic, not helped by the fact that readers only perceive them through the lenses of numerous underdeveloped secondary characters. The reveal about the protagonists' past is not interesting enough to inform their actions throughout the tiring amount of subplots introduced. It is not clear why the author needs to introduce an excessive amount of redundant subplots to establish the protagonists, or even what his overall objective was in terms of creating character arcs for the protagonists.
May 4, 2016
I can understand if someone rate this book 5-star. The voice of this book unique, especially if the reader has not read any Keigo Higashino's work before. The plot itself is more to crime thriller than to mystery.
The easiest to notice of this book is the POVs. The POVs of this book mostly from minor characters. I find this a little bit boring, because it makes the story slow (for every POV, there is a background story). But, the author uses the background story blending with the setting setup.
The setting is Japan on era 1972/3 up to early 1990s. There are rarely explicit date on the story, but author insert the thick atmosphere by discussing the real-life/historical event (for example, you could guess the year when Rocky movie was a big hit at theatres, or when the Japan's economic rise and fall. Unfortunately, some of the references are based on sport events at Japan.)
This novel has rich Japanese taste, not only in the setting, but in the characters' actions and way of life. Some of the taste are unfortunately still lost in translations, but I believe the translator had done his best.
In conclusion, this is one of the best translated Japanese Thriller at the market nowadays. Maybe even the best Keigo Higashino's work that has been translated into English.
The easiest to notice of this book is the POVs. The POVs of this book mostly from minor characters. I find this a little bit boring, because it makes the story slow (for every POV, there is a background story). But, the author uses the background story blending with the setting setup.
The setting is Japan on era 1972/3 up to early 1990s. There are rarely explicit date on the story, but author insert the thick atmosphere by discussing the real-life/historical event (for example, you could guess the year when Rocky movie was a big hit at theatres, or when the Japan's economic rise and fall. Unfortunately, some of the references are based on sport events at Japan.)
This novel has rich Japanese taste, not only in the setting, but in the characters' actions and way of life. Some of the taste are unfortunately still lost in translations, but I believe the translator had done his best.
In conclusion, this is one of the best translated Japanese Thriller at the market nowadays. Maybe even the best Keigo Higashino's work that has been translated into English.
April 18, 2020
reading vlog:
xin l?i fan c?a cu?n này, có l? nó kh?ng h?p mình r?i... c? mà mình r?t s?n sàng nghe ? ki?n c?a các b?n :v
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Mình tin r?ng n?u ??c B?ch d? hành v?i ít s? kì v?ng h?n thì ??y s? là m?t cu?n sách ?? hay. Khi kh?ng có s? kì v?ng, kh? n?ng ?oán mò tình ti?t c?a mình s? gi?m, c?u truy?n vì th? c?ng s? h?p d?n h?n nhi?u. Th?t ?áng ti?c, vì ?? nghe quá nhi?u nh?n xét "B?ch d? hành xu?t s?c l?m" và "gi?ng ??a tr? h? l?m", nên toàn b? c?t truy?n và cách x?y d?ng nh?n v?t c?a B?ch d? hành d??ng nh? kh?ng còn khi?n mình ph?i bàng hoàng nh? Phía sau nghe can X.
Mình g?p v?n ?? r?t l?n v?i vi?c nh? tên nh?n v?t Nh?t B?n, vì tên h? na ná nhau và x?ng h? lo?n tên/h?. ?? v?y tác gi? còn gi?i thi?u t?i ng??i ??c kha khá nh?n v?t h?u nh? kh?ng liên quan t?i nhau mà ch? là nh?n v?t ph? xu?t hi?n ??i l?n, l?i còn tua dòng th?i gian nhanh t?i chóng m?t d?n ??n vi?c mình m?t nh?p truy?n vì lan man quá. Quá nhi?u nh?n v?t và chi ti?t mà mình cho là b? dài dòng ???c tác gi? chèn vào m?t cu?n sách ?? s?, nh?ng l?i kh?ng mang l?i hi?u qu? trong vi?c kích thích trí tò mò.
Khi m?t v? án ?? ???c hung th? xác ??nh t? ??u, cái mà mình quan t?m s? là c?u h?i T?I SAO. mình kh?ng quan t?m là sau ?ó hung th? s?ng nh? nào, là ng??i ra sao, g?y ra thêm chuy?n gì. mình ch? mu?n bi?t bí ?n ban ??u, ??ng c? ??ng sau nh? nào? ?i?u này ph?i t?i 5 trang cu?i cùng c?a cu?n sách dài h?n 600 trang này mình m?i ???c gi?i ?áp. C?ng có th? nói, m?t l?n n?a, là kì v?ng c?a mình v? sách này ?i m?t ??ng thì nó l?i ?i m?t n?o.
V? ?? ?en t?i c?a các nh?n v?t, ch?c mình xem quá nhi?u phim M? nên kh?ng còn gì b?t ng? n?a. Con ng??i ki?u máu l?nh ?n s?u vào x??ng t?y ?? kh?ng còn ??c ?áo, con ng??i hy sinh mù quáng vì m?t l? t??ng ?? ch?t l?i càng kh?ng có gì m?i m?. Nh?n v?t phá án - ?ng c?nh sát già - kh?ng có quá nhi?u ??t di?n và c?ng h?u nh? ch? là nh?n v?t bù nhìn ch? kh?ng phá thành c?ng th? gì c? (cho ??n t?n cu?i). Các nh?n v?t ph? c?ng ch? có "linh c?m" ch? ch?ng có n?ng l?c gì c?, ai ai c?ng nh? nh?ng bóng ma mò m?m trong c?u chuy?n. Tóm l?i là thi?u th?c t?!
Ch?c là c?u chuy?n mu?n g?i g?m ??c gi? m?t ?i?u gì ??y, nh?ng cá nh?n mình ch?ng nh?n ???c ?i?u gì tr? s? b?t l?c. C?ng chúc m?ng tác gi? vì ?? vi?t ???c m?t cu?n sách ?? s?, tr? thành m?t "hi?n t??ng" ???c nhi?u b?n ??c yêu m?n.
Ch? ti?c nó kh?ng c?m hóa ???c mình.
P/s: m?t l?n n?a n?u mình ??c nó trong hoàn c?nh khác, v?i t?m l? khác thì có th? c?ng ?? thích nó r?i..
xin l?i fan c?a cu?n này, có l? nó kh?ng h?p mình r?i... c? mà mình r?t s?n sàng nghe ? ki?n c?a các b?n :v
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Mình tin r?ng n?u ??c B?ch d? hành v?i ít s? kì v?ng h?n thì ??y s? là m?t cu?n sách ?? hay. Khi kh?ng có s? kì v?ng, kh? n?ng ?oán mò tình ti?t c?a mình s? gi?m, c?u truy?n vì th? c?ng s? h?p d?n h?n nhi?u. Th?t ?áng ti?c, vì ?? nghe quá nhi?u nh?n xét "B?ch d? hành xu?t s?c l?m" và "gi?ng ??a tr? h? l?m", nên toàn b? c?t truy?n và cách x?y d?ng nh?n v?t c?a B?ch d? hành d??ng nh? kh?ng còn khi?n mình ph?i bàng hoàng nh? Phía sau nghe can X.
Mình g?p v?n ?? r?t l?n v?i vi?c nh? tên nh?n v?t Nh?t B?n, vì tên h? na ná nhau và x?ng h? lo?n tên/h?. ?? v?y tác gi? còn gi?i thi?u t?i ng??i ??c kha khá nh?n v?t h?u nh? kh?ng liên quan t?i nhau mà ch? là nh?n v?t ph? xu?t hi?n ??i l?n, l?i còn tua dòng th?i gian nhanh t?i chóng m?t d?n ??n vi?c mình m?t nh?p truy?n vì lan man quá. Quá nhi?u nh?n v?t và chi ti?t mà mình cho là b? dài dòng ???c tác gi? chèn vào m?t cu?n sách ?? s?, nh?ng l?i kh?ng mang l?i hi?u qu? trong vi?c kích thích trí tò mò.
Khi m?t v? án ?? ???c hung th? xác ??nh t? ??u, cái mà mình quan t?m s? là c?u h?i T?I SAO. mình kh?ng quan t?m là sau ?ó hung th? s?ng nh? nào, là ng??i ra sao, g?y ra thêm chuy?n gì. mình ch? mu?n bi?t bí ?n ban ??u, ??ng c? ??ng sau nh? nào? ?i?u này ph?i t?i 5 trang cu?i cùng c?a cu?n sách dài h?n 600 trang này mình m?i ???c gi?i ?áp. C?ng có th? nói, m?t l?n n?a, là kì v?ng c?a mình v? sách này ?i m?t ??ng thì nó l?i ?i m?t n?o.
V? ?? ?en t?i c?a các nh?n v?t, ch?c mình xem quá nhi?u phim M? nên kh?ng còn gì b?t ng? n?a. Con ng??i ki?u máu l?nh ?n s?u vào x??ng t?y ?? kh?ng còn ??c ?áo, con ng??i hy sinh mù quáng vì m?t l? t??ng ?? ch?t l?i càng kh?ng có gì m?i m?. Nh?n v?t phá án - ?ng c?nh sát già - kh?ng có quá nhi?u ??t di?n và c?ng h?u nh? ch? là nh?n v?t bù nhìn ch? kh?ng phá thành c?ng th? gì c? (cho ??n t?n cu?i). Các nh?n v?t ph? c?ng ch? có "linh c?m" ch? ch?ng có n?ng l?c gì c?, ai ai c?ng nh? nh?ng bóng ma mò m?m trong c?u chuy?n. Tóm l?i là thi?u th?c t?!
Ch?c là c?u chuy?n mu?n g?i g?m ??c gi? m?t ?i?u gì ??y, nh?ng cá nh?n mình ch?ng nh?n ???c ?i?u gì tr? s? b?t l?c. C?ng chúc m?ng tác gi? vì ?? vi?t ???c m?t cu?n sách ?? s?, tr? thành m?t "hi?n t??ng" ???c nhi?u b?n ??c yêu m?n.
Ch? ti?c nó kh?ng c?m hóa ???c mình.
P/s: m?t l?n n?a n?u mình ??c nó trong hoàn c?nh khác, v?i t?m l? khác thì có th? c?ng ?? thích nó r?i..
September 18, 2016
6-stars!
Higashino Keigo is, hands-down, one of the best Japanese crime writers I've read.
This book is long - longer than most crime fiction ought to be -- and so the first half was a bit diffuse, as the many relevant strands were being woven. Also, remembering all the Japanese names caused some confusion/difficult (for my aged brain) -- but, O! worth the wait...!
Higashino Keigo is, hands-down, one of the best Japanese crime writers I've read.
This book is long - longer than most crime fiction ought to be -- and so the first half was a bit diffuse, as the many relevant strands were being woven. Also, remembering all the Japanese names caused some confusion/difficult (for my aged brain) -- but, O! worth the wait...!
September 24, 2017
?, b?n ngh? th? nào v? cái k?t. Th?t ra t?i ch?ng quan t?m. T?i ch? nêu d? ki?n th?i, vi?c c?a b?n là ??c, ?oán mò, ?oán ?úng th?t ho?c ?oán tr?t l?t. Là tác gi? t?i ch? vi?t th?i, kh?ng ?? ? ??n vi?c b?n hi?u hay kh?ng hi?u c?u chuy?n ??u.
??y, mình ?oán Keigo s? nói v?y. M?t c?u chuy?n ??c c? lành l?nh gai gai ng??i, vì cái t?m t?i và góc khu?t và nhi?u th? khác mà m?t con ng??i có th? ngh? ra ???c. Cái trinh thám c?a Keigo, là cái trinh thám ph?i bày, ti?u ti?t, nh?ng h??ng v? n?i t?m ng??i ??c. Có l? ?ng quá tài ?? ??a ra nh?ng th? ?ánh ?? cho ng??i ??c c? th? l?t trang sách c? ??c n?t ?? r?i hi?u ch?a hay ch?a hi?u thì c?ng m?c.
Xu?t s?c và ám ?nh.
??y, mình ?oán Keigo s? nói v?y. M?t c?u chuy?n ??c c? lành l?nh gai gai ng??i, vì cái t?m t?i và góc khu?t và nhi?u th? khác mà m?t con ng??i có th? ngh? ra ???c. Cái trinh thám c?a Keigo, là cái trinh thám ph?i bày, ti?u ti?t, nh?ng h??ng v? n?i t?m ng??i ??c. Có l? ?ng quá tài ?? ??a ra nh?ng th? ?ánh ?? cho ng??i ??c c? th? l?t trang sách c? ??c n?t ?? r?i hi?u ch?a hay ch?a hi?u thì c?ng m?c.
Xu?t s?c và ám ?nh.
February 28, 2016
Yosuke Kirihara's dead body is found in an abandoned building, and Detective Sasagaki is unable to solve the case. Never one to give up, this novel traces the lives of the two main suspects over 18 years, with Sasagaki ever hovering in background.
To sum it up in one sentence, this is an infuriating and yet absorbing novel. One of the main flaws of this novel is that it is extremely hard to keep track of the characters mentioned. Higashino has the annoying tendency of introducing a seemingly endless cast of characters that appears for three paragraphs, only to have them vanish by the next. Some do pop up again in the future, but most are disposable and recyclable. It got to the point where I had to make a list to keep up, and finished the book with a total tally of approximately 20 (it got to the point where I just could not be bothered to keep track anymore), out of which most were only mentioned once, and never again.
To read and enjoy this novel, one must suspend one's common sense and logic. The reader must accept that With the way this novel plays out, either the police force in Japan are extremely incompetent, or the author expects his reader to be unquestioningly stupid.
Despite the obvious weakness in the plot, I sped through this with ease, which is as per the case in most crime novels. Assuming you make it to the end of this 539 page paperback (Little, Brown; 2015 Edition), a most unsatisfying ending awaits you. Other crime novels exist, with better characters and tighter plots. Give this a try only if you are a masochist who enjoys being annoyed and unsatisfied.
To sum it up in one sentence, this is an infuriating and yet absorbing novel. One of the main flaws of this novel is that it is extremely hard to keep track of the characters mentioned. Higashino has the annoying tendency of introducing a seemingly endless cast of characters that appears for three paragraphs, only to have them vanish by the next. Some do pop up again in the future, but most are disposable and recyclable. It got to the point where I had to make a list to keep up, and finished the book with a total tally of approximately 20 (it got to the point where I just could not be bothered to keep track anymore), out of which most were only mentioned once, and never again.
To read and enjoy this novel, one must suspend one's common sense and logic. The reader must accept that With the way this novel plays out, either the police force in Japan are extremely incompetent, or the author expects his reader to be unquestioningly stupid.
Despite the obvious weakness in the plot, I sped through this with ease, which is as per the case in most crime novels. Assuming you make it to the end of this 539 page paperback (Little, Brown; 2015 Edition), a most unsatisfying ending awaits you. Other crime novels exist, with better characters and tighter plots. Give this a try only if you are a masochist who enjoys being annoyed and unsatisfied.
September 7, 2019
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March 31, 2020
This is much too long and has what seems to be about a hundred different characters with Japanese names to keep up with. Try keeping tabs on Yuichi, Yaeko, Yosuke, and Yukiho. And yet, ‘Journey Under the Midnight Sun’ is sooooooo good, and I found myself not only picking it up when I had a free moment, but also creating free time to get back into it. I’m just getting used this Japanese style mystery crime story, and this one is probably my favorite so far. The action takes place over a period of twenty years, and the author cleverly leaves clues that become important in solving the crime as the story unfolds. Not everyone’s cup of sake, but certainly a reward for those who persevere.
October 17, 2015
Keigo Higashino is a master of this genre. He has rewritten everything I ever thought a thriller should be. This is no exception. The tiny details and how they all come together is perhaps the best part about this book. And the fact that no one is ever good or bad here. We are all capable of embracing darkness and this is something Higashino explores time and again. This novel is not for those looking for a resolution. This is not that kind of a story. It burns slow, a midnight sun.
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April 8, 2021Wow this was good. Wow. I think it's his best. This is a thriller on an epic scale, starting with the unsolved murder of a pawnbroker and the death of a woman he might have been having an affair with. The ramifications spool out as we follow events through twenty years, through the eyes of a huge cast who have greater or lesser involvement.
It's a pretty horrifying story (TW: rape, several) and the slow reveal of what happens is immensely creepy and compelling. It's also a fascinating portrait of Japan's rapid changes from the 70s and of various aspects of culture--school, business, dating, marriage, women's position. Goodness. Hugely impressive, shows what genre fiction can do.
It's a pretty horrifying story (TW: rape, several) and the slow reveal of what happens is immensely creepy and compelling. It's also a fascinating portrait of Japan's rapid changes from the 70s and of various aspects of culture--school, business, dating, marriage, women's position. Goodness. Hugely impressive, shows what genre fiction can do.
June 14, 2023
-Far too long and unnecessarily convoluted.
-Numerous subplots that don't contribute much to the main story.
-And what's worst, there's a clear hint in the first few chapters as to what's going on, so that the "mystery" is not a mystery at all ?
-Terribly disappointing ?
-It's my fourth Higashino; it's also the longest and the one I've liked the least.
2,5 ??????
-Numerous subplots that don't contribute much to the main story.
-And what's worst, there's a clear hint in the first few chapters as to what's going on, so that the "mystery" is not a mystery at all ?
-Terribly disappointing ?
-It's my fourth Higashino; it's also the longest and the one I've liked the least.
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November 16, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed Higashino's book, the third of his that I have read. Like the others, it is clearly Japanese and very unlike most American books. I have had the good fortune to visit Japan a dozen times or so and have stayed in Ryokan (Japanese country inns) where, on occasion, I was the only English speaker and I know about a dozen Japanese words. Great fun!!
Journey Under the Midnight Sun is a series of stories that do not always seem connected to each other but are skillfully drawn together bit by bit. There is also a massive and completely unexpected twist. It makes you think back over the entire story and view things in a very different light. Higashino's beautifully created plot started a bit slow but soon reached unputdownable status. In each of his books that I have read, he masterfully created complex storylines that often seemed simple and straightforward but never were. His characters sometimes seemed a bit simplistic but, ultimately proved to be the opposite.
The owner of a pawnshop is killed, stabbed to death in a locked (from within) room inside an abandoned building. A local detective investigates and, unable to let go of the case, his investigation continues for 19 years. Two children, ten or eleven at the time of the murder, an employee of the murdered pawnshop owner, the pawnshop owner?s wife, and one of the children's mother as well as her (later) adoptive mother are involved through most of the book while a couple of additional key characters become involved about midway.
I understand that is not much of a synopsis but it is difficult to say more without revealing too much and I just don't want to detract from your experience, should you choose to read this book.
Obviously, I loved the book and would strongly recommend it to those who enjoy books written with simple elegance (albeit translated), and long, convoluted tales that occasionally leave the reader confused but always provoke thoughtfulness. There is little action so it is definitely not recommended for action junkies.
Fini
Journey Under the Midnight Sun is a series of stories that do not always seem connected to each other but are skillfully drawn together bit by bit. There is also a massive and completely unexpected twist. It makes you think back over the entire story and view things in a very different light. Higashino's beautifully created plot started a bit slow but soon reached unputdownable status. In each of his books that I have read, he masterfully created complex storylines that often seemed simple and straightforward but never were. His characters sometimes seemed a bit simplistic but, ultimately proved to be the opposite.
The owner of a pawnshop is killed, stabbed to death in a locked (from within) room inside an abandoned building. A local detective investigates and, unable to let go of the case, his investigation continues for 19 years. Two children, ten or eleven at the time of the murder, an employee of the murdered pawnshop owner, the pawnshop owner?s wife, and one of the children's mother as well as her (later) adoptive mother are involved through most of the book while a couple of additional key characters become involved about midway.
I understand that is not much of a synopsis but it is difficult to say more without revealing too much and I just don't want to detract from your experience, should you choose to read this book.
Obviously, I loved the book and would strongly recommend it to those who enjoy books written with simple elegance (albeit translated), and long, convoluted tales that occasionally leave the reader confused but always provoke thoughtfulness. There is little action so it is definitely not recommended for action junkies.
Fini
November 18, 2020
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May 3, 2016
I read this 550-page tome in roughly 48 hours, foregoing sleeping and eating, and ending up dozing at work the next day.
It was all worth it, many times over.
It's a masterpiece, an effortless epic that grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go till you've finished the very last page.
It was all worth it, many times over.
It's a masterpiece, an effortless epic that grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go till you've finished the very last page.
August 9, 2017
The disturbing vibe that permeates this book draws on more than the damaged pair of characters tracked over the span of twenty years. It draws power from the gutters of Japanese society that fall under Higashino's impassive gaze. That sense of anomie is captured in the cover art, a photo of individuals on a busy urban sidewalk. The shot captures these people from behind. They are faceless vanishing shadows.
Higashino's initial setting is Osaka — the parts invisible to tourists but with which he no doubt was well acquainted with from growing up in this city. Governmental failure is subtly implied through a sequence of images. Detective Sasagaki glances at a trio of news headlines about public health endangerment due to pollution. The crime site he approaches is a partially built and then abandoned building permitted to stand despite being an eyesore and dangerous playground for neighborhood children. His interrogation takes him to “...a squat two-storey affair..in a cluster of small houses that looked as if they had been thrown together from corrugated tin siding and whatever lumber happened to be lying around at the time. Black splotches marked the building's sooty grey walls and serpentine lines of concrete had been plastered over the many cracks.”(p.23) The murder victim is a local pawn shop owner, and the police suspect robbery was the motive. That suspicion is reinforced by the information that he had withdrawn a sizeable amount of cash from the bank the same afternoon he was killed.
Higashino bookends his story between two economic crises: the 1973 oil embargo and the late 1980's real estate bubble collapse. Even middle school children hustle for spare change. Fumihiko Kikuchi, a middle school student, complains about being unable to afford going to the movies. Conversations with his friend Yuichi Akiyoshi always seem to be tinged with envy. The book is filled with scenes of extreme wealth and poverty juxtaposed, of secretive family units terrified of neighborhood gossip, a corrupted cultural legacy, superficiality, struggles for survival in a predatory food chain and human loneliness.
This is not a mystery. It is a suspenseful story told in over 500 pages. It is Higashino's storytelling ability that holds the reader's interest in such a hefty volume. The reader reacts with surprise when a connection is made to some seemingly insignificant or even accidental incident in a previous chapter. Likewise, the reader is tempted to predict what looks like a certain outcome to the presently unfolding events. Each chapter jumps to a succeeding time period, and introduces a new set of associates surrounding the main characters, a girl named Yukiho (Nishimoto) Karasawa, and a boy named Ryo Kirihara. Yukiho lived with her mother in the squat squalid building described above. Ryo was the son of Yosuke Kirihara, the pawnbroker who was murdered. Despite this proximity, there is a separateness to their stories. Some characters persist over more than one chapter. Others vanish only to reappear later. The temporary nature of these associations reinforces a sense of ad hoc and opportunistic relationships.
The reader's craving for continuity is satisfied by the invisible persistence of Detective Sasagaki. After the initial murder investigation, his appearance is intermittent and sometimes he is not even identified by name. Yet, he persists, even after the statute of limitations has expired, even after his own retirement, determined to uncover the trail of crimes and damaged lives that were set in motion by that one elusive murder case. Of all the characters, he is also the most opaque. Not even he can explain his obsession with this case.
Higashino employs extraordinary skill in writing this story. In its bare outline, the plot might seem like a mundane genre piece. There are parts that dissolve into pure melodrama. There are shades of gothic noir. Some of the unexpected turns will leave the reader gasping. Even at its conclusion, there is an element of ambiguity. Like Sasagaki, the reader can easily become obsessed with the truth of this story.
NOTES:
There are a lot of characters. Readers are cautioned to keep a list to track them.
Some of the best commentaries on this book are in blogs:
Higashino's initial setting is Osaka — the parts invisible to tourists but with which he no doubt was well acquainted with from growing up in this city. Governmental failure is subtly implied through a sequence of images. Detective Sasagaki glances at a trio of news headlines about public health endangerment due to pollution. The crime site he approaches is a partially built and then abandoned building permitted to stand despite being an eyesore and dangerous playground for neighborhood children. His interrogation takes him to “...a squat two-storey affair..in a cluster of small houses that looked as if they had been thrown together from corrugated tin siding and whatever lumber happened to be lying around at the time. Black splotches marked the building's sooty grey walls and serpentine lines of concrete had been plastered over the many cracks.”(p.23) The murder victim is a local pawn shop owner, and the police suspect robbery was the motive. That suspicion is reinforced by the information that he had withdrawn a sizeable amount of cash from the bank the same afternoon he was killed.
Higashino bookends his story between two economic crises: the 1973 oil embargo and the late 1980's real estate bubble collapse. Even middle school children hustle for spare change. Fumihiko Kikuchi, a middle school student, complains about being unable to afford going to the movies. Conversations with his friend Yuichi Akiyoshi always seem to be tinged with envy. The book is filled with scenes of extreme wealth and poverty juxtaposed, of secretive family units terrified of neighborhood gossip, a corrupted cultural legacy, superficiality, struggles for survival in a predatory food chain and human loneliness.
This is not a mystery. It is a suspenseful story told in over 500 pages. It is Higashino's storytelling ability that holds the reader's interest in such a hefty volume. The reader reacts with surprise when a connection is made to some seemingly insignificant or even accidental incident in a previous chapter. Likewise, the reader is tempted to predict what looks like a certain outcome to the presently unfolding events. Each chapter jumps to a succeeding time period, and introduces a new set of associates surrounding the main characters, a girl named Yukiho (Nishimoto) Karasawa, and a boy named Ryo Kirihara. Yukiho lived with her mother in the squat squalid building described above. Ryo was the son of Yosuke Kirihara, the pawnbroker who was murdered. Despite this proximity, there is a separateness to their stories. Some characters persist over more than one chapter. Others vanish only to reappear later. The temporary nature of these associations reinforces a sense of ad hoc and opportunistic relationships.
The reader's craving for continuity is satisfied by the invisible persistence of Detective Sasagaki. After the initial murder investigation, his appearance is intermittent and sometimes he is not even identified by name. Yet, he persists, even after the statute of limitations has expired, even after his own retirement, determined to uncover the trail of crimes and damaged lives that were set in motion by that one elusive murder case. Of all the characters, he is also the most opaque. Not even he can explain his obsession with this case.
Higashino employs extraordinary skill in writing this story. In its bare outline, the plot might seem like a mundane genre piece. There are parts that dissolve into pure melodrama. There are shades of gothic noir. Some of the unexpected turns will leave the reader gasping. Even at its conclusion, there is an element of ambiguity. Like Sasagaki, the reader can easily become obsessed with the truth of this story.
NOTES:
There are a lot of characters. Readers are cautioned to keep a list to track them.
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December 9, 2016
We all know how sun rises and sets at a certain time each day. In the same way, all of our lives have a day and night. But it’s not set like it is with the sun. Some people walk forever in the sunlight, and some people have to walk through the darkest night their whole life. When people talk about being afraid, what they’re afraid of is that their sun will set. That the light they love will fade, that’s why they are frightened.
I was so fascinated by Keigo Higashino when I read Devotion of Suspect X, I was pretty sure I read some of his other work. And few months back one of my colleague recommended me this book. When I look at book, the sheer size of the book make me skeptical, we are bound to be confused by the book which is heavy in weight I feel :P I felt I ll give it short for 50 pages and see how it goes, if I find it boring I will leave it after 50 pages. I was on second page murder occurred, 10 pages criminal investigation, 30 pages alibis, but no arrest by that time I was sure I would complete this book.
Journey under the midnight Sun is mixture of obsession, voyeurism, love, trust, betrayal and has been narrated so vividly. Just imagine all the parameters combined with mystery what would be the impact.
If I compare it with Devotion of suspect X, at its dark heart is just another tautly enigmatic relationship between a man and a woman. There are appalling acts, but our interest lies not in grisly details but in the ripples that undulate for years after. As one character notes towards the end: "Two decades. Kazunari couldn't understand how something that happened so long ago in Osaka could be having such an effect on his personal life in the here and now." At one crucial moment, this reverse ends up two decades before. As a storytelling technique, it is both disorienting and enticing. The reader is constantly kept on their toes and tantalized too. The effect is a little like the rudimentary games that Ryo pirates - mazes within mazes within mazes. All the characters play one game or another - whether they are on a computer, the golf course, card table, stock market or even the dance floor. These fictions within fictions and systems within systems create a hall of mirrors or statute of limitations that reflects the manipulations of Higashino's characters, whose plots rise and are submerged before our eyes. It will give you feeling like you are walking in a same wheel rut for twenty years. I quite like the term symbiotic relationship and analogy of Gobi and shrimp.
In terms of Japanese cuisine I found it quite insightful, starting from Miso Soup, ramen, sashimi, Tokyo areas, Osaka parts, mural art. It can be read it as a potted history of modern Japan - gender, class, money, obedience, an exploration of a crumbling social order, a ludic literary puzzle that plays with genre expectations
It could have been five stars rating but somehow I was taken aback as there were so many characters and not all have the link to the many story. For instance Yukhio’s mathematician tutor he just came to think how Yukhio only killed her mother with unnecessary background details. Also, there was no even single dialogue exchange between Yukhio and Ryo, no confession. When you will reach towards end you will able to figure out the reason for the murder and murderer and also even was there any accomplice.
One thing found it confusing or misread, how potassium cyanide and sulfuric acid acid turned into a gas and killed Imeada not Ryo ,how Rayo able to do this, that part I found bit mushy.
So, I would like to sign off with 4/5. This book will not let you down, will give you shrills, some will pump, adrenaline, some characters you will find the empathetic, some of the sub stories will leave you bewildered. If you have Devotion of Suspect X, you should give a try for certain. Remember it is not whodunit or whydunnit rather it what-exactly-is-being-dunnit
September 18, 2020
Higashino Keigo lu?n ghi d?u nh?ng ?n t??ng s?u ??m, khó có th? phai m? ??i v?i ??c gi? qua các trang vi?t ??y day d?t và ám ?nh. B?ch d? hành c?ng kh?ng là ngo?i l?. ??y là l?n th? n?m mình ??c thêm m?t tác ph?m c?a ?ng – m?t tác ph?m xu?t s?c, g?i ???c nh?ng tr?n tr?, suy ng?m nh?t ??i v?i b?n th?n mình.
H?n hai m??i n?m v? tr??c, cái ch?t c?a ?ng ch? ti?m c?m ?? và nh?ng k? b? tình nghi ?? ?? l?i nh?ng phép toán hóc búa kh?ng có l?i gi?i, g?y nên nh?ng xáo tr?n kh?ng nh? ??i v?i cu?c s?ng yên ?, ??n ?i?u ch?n th? thành nghèo vùng Osaka. Hai ??a tr? liên quan t?i v? án: Kirihara Ryoji và Yukiho Nishimoto, m?t là con c?a n?n nh?n, m?t là con c?a nghi can, d?n l?n lên d??i bóng ?en c?a d? ngh? và m?t mát. M?t ng??i khao khát ???c b??c ra ánh sáng, còn k? kia l?i t? nguy?n hi?n d?ng mình cho ?êm t?i, tr? vì ?êm t?i nh? m?t bà chúa, ?ng hoàng.
Gi?ng nh? nh?ng c?u chuy?n tr??c c?a Keigo, B?ch d? hành có g?n tag trinh thám song kh?ng ch?t trinh thám d??ng nh? b? l?p vùi, m? nh?t nhi?u ph?n. Th?ng qua m?t v? án ?ang d?n b? ng? ng?, tác gi? bóc tách t?ng l?p m?t trong t?m l? ph?c t?p c?a con ng??i, ??ng th?i l?t t? tr?n tr?i b? m?t ??y r?y nh?ng khu?t t?t c?a x? h?i Nh?t B?n hi?n ??i.
Yukiho là nh?n v?t trung t?m c?a truy?n – m?t ng??i ?àn bà th?c s? khi?n mình kinh ho?ng. Sinh ra trong m?t gia ?ình nghèo, kh?ng có c? h?i ?? h?c t?p trong m?t m?i tr??ng giáo d?c t? t?, l?i b? ng??i m? nh?n t?m bán ?i t?m th?n trinh b?ch, hòng ki?m chác, tr?c l?i. T??ng ch?ng tr?i qua tu?i th? ??y sóng gió, b?t h?nh ?y, Yukiho s? r? bùn ??ng lên t?a ?óa h??ng d??ng lu?n v??n mình v? phía m?t tr?i. Ng? ??u, ? s?n sàng v?t b? v?ng d??ng, l?m l?i b??c ?i trong ?êm t?i. ?p l?c ti?n b?c, n?i t?i h? v? gia th? cùng v?i s? v? trách nhi?m c?a ng??i m? ?? gián ti?p nu?i d??ng m?m m?ng t?i ác trong t?m h?n th? ng?y c?a ??a con gái nh?. ? b? m?c m? ?? ??n ch?t hòng chuy?n t?i m?t gia ?ình danh giá h?n, s?n sàng nhìn b?n b? nh?c m? hòng thu n?p lòng tin và tình yêu th??ng c?a nh?ng k? ch?ng ??i. Yukiho t?a nh? m?t n? hoàng tr? vì ?êm t?i, ch?m ch? trên chi?c ngai vàng làm t? máu và x??ng. Quy?n uy và ??p ??, song tanh h?i và n?c mùi th?i tha.
?? ??t ???c m?c ?ích mình mu?n, ?? gi?t l?y nh?ng cái mình c?n, ? kh?ng ng?n ng?i b?t ch?p th? ?o?n, l?i d?ng h?t k? này ??n ng??i khác. Cái méo mó, d? d?ng trong t?m h?n ? ???c khéo léo che ??y sau m?t chi?c m?t n? ???c gia c?ng tinh x?o, sau m?t v?ng hào quang chói lòa song gi? d?i kh?n cùng. ? mê mu?i nh?ng k? háo s?c b?ng ??i má ?ng h?ng m?i khi th?n thùng, làm l?c h??ng nh?ng ng??i l? trí b?ng ??i vai g?y kh? run r?y và c?p m?t trong veo ??m n??c. ? ??y nh?ng con ng??i v? t?i xu?ng v?c s?u kh?ng ?áy c?a m?u m? và th? ?o?n, r?i l?i chính ? kéo h? lên b?ng ??i bàn tay tr?ng n?n, v? v? h? b?ng nh?ng cái ?m ?m áp, ??t lên trán h? nh?ng cái h?n chan ch?a tình yêu th??ng. D? t?m và b? m?t gi? t?o c?a ? khi?n mình phát t?m.
Còn Ryo? Sau nhát kéo ??nh m?nh c??p ?i sinh m?nh c?a ng??i cha ??n m?t, b?nh ho?n, ?? kh?ng th? ???ng hoàng b??c ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i chói l?i. Anh bu?c ph?i lùi s?u vào ?êm t?i, d?n b? bóng t?i b?a v?y, vùi l?p, cho t?i khi quanh anh ch? còn quánh ??c m?t màu ?en. T? ngày ?ó, anh nguy?n song hành cùng ng??i con gái kia trên con ???ng nhu?m ?? mùi máu và tanh t??i mùi t?i ác. Anh s?n sàng vì Yukiho mà gi?t cha, ?o?t m?ng c?a nh?ng k? v? t?i, v?y b?y thanh danh c?a nh?ng ng??i mà anh ch?ng h? quen bi?t. ??nh ?i?m c?a s? sa l?y, anh m?t d? nghe l?i Yukiho ?? làm nh?c m?t thi?u n? ch?a tròn m??i tám, d?m lên v?t xe ?? c?a ng??i cha, ?? t?i ác ch?ng ch?t t?i ác, ?? ?au th??ng di?n ti?p ?au th??ng.
Nhào n?n nên Ryo và Yukiho, Higashino m?y may có l?y m?t dòng kh?c h?a n?i t?m nào, song t?t c? nh?ng gì khu?t l?p, kín ?áo, v?n tròn hay méo mó c?a hai nh?n v?t này ??u ???c tác gi? ph?i tr?i kh?ng gi?u gi?m. Th?ng qua hành ??ng, l?i nói và vi?c làm c?a c? hai, t?ng s? ki?n khúc m?c, r?i r?m, t??ng ch?ng nh? kh?ng th? nào l? gi?i l?i d?n ???c g? b?, ngày càng ???c l? r?. ??c gi? có c? h?i tr?c ti?p tham gia vào quá trình ?i tìm ch?n t??ng v? vi?c, lí gi?i nh?ng r?i ren ??ng th?i ???c ch?ng ki?n hành trình sa ng? c?a c? hai nh?n v?t. Higashino kh?ng có l?y m?t l?i bình, t?t c? ??u do ??c gi? t? tìm tòi, r?i t? phán xét, t? chiêm nghi?m, ??y chính là ?i?m ??u tiên làm nên s?c h?p d?n ??c nh?t c?a B?ch d? hành.
Mình r?t thích cách tác gi? g?i m?i quan h? gi?a Yukiho và Kirihara – t?m pháo và cá b?ng tr?ng, hai loài ??ng v?t c?ng sinh, s?ng d?a vào nhau ?? cùng t?n t?i. T?m pháo ?ào hang, cá b?ng ? ngoài hang, tho?t nhiên có v? kh?ng liên quan nh?ng l?i có m?t m?i t??ng giao kì l?.
C?ng t?a nh? Yukiho, Kirihara: c? gái dù th?ng minh, s?c s?o t? t?m bé, song l?i ch?n cách nu?i d??ng m?m ác trong mình, l?y nó làm s?c m?nh chi ph?i k? khác. Cu?c ??i c?a ? ngày m?t th?ng ti?n. T? ch? là m?t ??a bé có gia c?nh b?n hàn, d?n dà tr? thành m?t ti?u th? cao sang, m?t phu nh?n quy?n qu?, m?t n? doanh nh?n giàu có thành ??t. Còn ng??i kia, ??a bé ng?y ng? thu? nào – m?t ??a tr? c? ??c, ?áng th??ng, m?t ??a bé khéo tay v?i nh?ng món ?? th? c?ng d? th??ng, ?áng m?n, m?t chàng trai ?ong trong tim th? ánh sáng l?p lánh c?a ni?m khao khát hoàn l??ng, d?u b?a quanh ch? ??c m?t màn ?êm ?en ??c. Su?t t? nh?ng n?m tháng ?u th? cho t?i nh?ng ngày nhúm chàm t?i ác, Kirihara Ryoji v?n lu?n tr?ng ngóng m?t ngày “???c b??c ?i trong ánh sáng”, v?n lu?n b? n?i c? ??c ?eo ??ng, b? m?c c?m t?i l?i gi?ng xé, d?n v?t. Dù bên c?nh có Yukiho, song Ryo v?n m?i là m?t linh h?n c? ??n, m?t vì sao l? le lói nh?ng màn ?êm t?m t?i. Xu?t phát t? th?i thúc b?o v? ng??i b?n duy nh?t trên ??i, anh l?i b? chính ng??i b?n ?y thao túng, lún s?u vào v?ng l?y nh? nhu?c c?a t?i l?i. Li?u anh s? nh?n ???c gì sau nh?ng gì mà anh ?? g?y ra? Là s? s? chia t? ng??i b?n ??c nh?t, s? th??ng h?i c?a m?t linh h?n mà anh ch?i v?i b?u víu trên cu?c ??i; hay, kh?ng gì c?, m?i s? ??u ch? xu?t phát t? nh?n cách khi?m khuy?t c?a anh?
Th?t khó có th? ?oán ??nh ???c ?ích xác li?u gi?a hai ng??i này có m?t chút gì g?i là tình yêu ??i l?a hay kh?ng, hay ??n thu?n ch? là m?i quan h? h? sinh kh?ng h?n nh? ng??i c?nh sát già Sasagaki t?ng g?i. Kh?ng, nh? v?y thì ??n gi?n quá. Theo mình, gi?a hai con ng??i này ?? d?n hình thành m?t m?i liên k?t k? d? khó có th? di?n t?. C? hai ??u tàn nh?n, ??u kh?ng ng?i b?t ch?p th? ?o?n; c? hai c?ng ??u m?t ?i ham mu?n tình d?c th??ng th?y. Là nh?ng ám ?nh v? s? giao c?u trong quá kh? ?? g?i nh?c cho h? v? h? l?y mà cái b?n n?ng mang tính nguyên th?y này c?a con ng??i g?y ra; hay chính h? ?? l?p m?t giao kèo bí ?n – h? ch? giành cho nhau, t?m h?n và kh?i óc h? ?? b?n ch?t vào nhau, tuy?t nhiên kh?ng m?t k? nào có th? ch?m t?i m?i liên k?t l? lùng ?y.
Ngoài nh?ng nh?n v?t g?y ám ?nh, thì m?t ?i?u mà mình kh?ng tài nào có th? quên ? cu?n sách này ?ó là k?t truy?n. Tr?i ?i, cái k?t khi?n mình v?a bu?n v?a t?c. Bu?n vì sau nh?ng hi sinh c?a mình, Ryo v?n ch?ng nh?n l?i ???c chút m?y may xót th??ng nào, dù ch? là m?t cái nhíu mày hay ti?ng th?ng th?t khe kh?. T?c vì sau nh?ng t?i ác tày ?ình mà hai con ng??i kia g?y ra, ch? có m?i Ryo b? tr?ng ph?t ?ích ?áng. ? ?àn bà ?áng s? kia v?n m?i nh?n nh? ngoài vòng pháp lu?t, v?n có th? ti?p t?c ??y ng??i khác vào ch? ch?t vì nh?ng th? ?o?n b?n t??i c?a b?n th?n. B?i v?y, hình ?nh Yukiho l?nh lùng b??c ?i khi nhìn nhát kéo ??nh m?nh c??p ?i sinh m?nh c?a Ryo khi?n mình r?n c? tóc gáy. ? ta ?? ch?ng lên nh?n di?n mình kh?ng bi?t bao l?p m?t n?, b?i trét lên chúng nh?ng c?m xúc, nh?ng bi?u hi?n mu?n v?, mu?n hình. Cho t?i t?n th?i khác cu?i cùng, l?p m?t n? ?y v?n ch?ng h? s?t m? dù ch? m?t m?nh nh?. ? v?n th?n nhiên c?t b??c nh? ng??i d?ng qua ???ng, th?m chí còn v? t?m bu?ng l?i nh?ng l?i nói l?nh l?o t?i m?c nh? có th? bóp nát trái tim c?a nh?ng k? ?? ch?t. Yukiho ?? t?ng b?o cu?c ??i ? v?n d? kh?ng có m?t tr?i, ch? có m?t qu?ng sáng l? nh? chi?u t?. Mình c?ng ?? t?ng ngh? qu?ng sáng ?y có ph?i Ryo hay kh?ng, mình mong là có. B?i vì, khi ??c t?i cái k?t, trong trí óc mình l?i lóe lên m?t nét ngh?: li?u qu?ng sáng ?ó, ph?i ch?ng kh?ng ai khác l?i chính là b?n th?n Yukiho – m?t b?n th? nh?n t?m, th? ?o?n – m?t nh?n cách th?i nát, méo mó. Cái ác ?? d?n l?i ? c?t b??c trong ?êm.
? B?ch d? hành, cái tài c?a Higashino Keigo l?i ???c n?ng lên m?t t?m cao m?i. ?ng kh?ng ch? x?y d?ng lên nh?ng nh?n v?t ch?n th?c t?i r?n ng??i, mà còn có th? kh?c h?a nh?ng chi ti?t g?y ám ?nh t?t ??, qua ?ó, ?ng ?? ph?i bày kh?ng che ??y nh?ng góc khu?t t?i t?m c?a x? h?i Nh?t B?n ???ng ??i: m?t x? h?i hi?n ??i, hào nhoáng song m?ng m? nh?ng nh?c nh?i – x? h?i v?i n?n ?u d?m hoành hành, v?i m?t bà m? bán con vì ti?n, v?i nh?ng méo mó, x?u xa – x? h?i ??y nh?ng ??a tr? ng?y th? lún s?u vào bóng ?êm, g?y nên nh?ng t?i ác kh?ng tài nào ??ng c?m n?i.
B?ch d? hành ?? m?t l?n n?a ?? kh?ng ??nh tên tu?i c?a Higashino Keigo trên v?n ?àn hi?n ??i, khi ?? ch?p bút nên nh?ng trang v?n hoàn h?o, kín k? t?i t?ng th? ch?. ?áng l? cho 9/10, song cái k?t làm mình kh?ng ?ng m?t chút nào c?. B?i theo quan ?i?m c?a mình, gieo gió ?t ph?i g?t b?o, nhìn Yukiho v?n ng?ng nghênh b??c ?i gi?a ??i, mình t?c. C?u chuy?n này khi?n lòng mình ng?n ngang nh?ng suy ngh?, khó ch?u, b?c bí t?i ?? kh?ng ng? ???c...
H?n hai m??i n?m v? tr??c, cái ch?t c?a ?ng ch? ti?m c?m ?? và nh?ng k? b? tình nghi ?? ?? l?i nh?ng phép toán hóc búa kh?ng có l?i gi?i, g?y nên nh?ng xáo tr?n kh?ng nh? ??i v?i cu?c s?ng yên ?, ??n ?i?u ch?n th? thành nghèo vùng Osaka. Hai ??a tr? liên quan t?i v? án: Kirihara Ryoji và Yukiho Nishimoto, m?t là con c?a n?n nh?n, m?t là con c?a nghi can, d?n l?n lên d??i bóng ?en c?a d? ngh? và m?t mát. M?t ng??i khao khát ???c b??c ra ánh sáng, còn k? kia l?i t? nguy?n hi?n d?ng mình cho ?êm t?i, tr? vì ?êm t?i nh? m?t bà chúa, ?ng hoàng.
Gi?ng nh? nh?ng c?u chuy?n tr??c c?a Keigo, B?ch d? hành có g?n tag trinh thám song kh?ng ch?t trinh thám d??ng nh? b? l?p vùi, m? nh?t nhi?u ph?n. Th?ng qua m?t v? án ?ang d?n b? ng? ng?, tác gi? bóc tách t?ng l?p m?t trong t?m l? ph?c t?p c?a con ng??i, ??ng th?i l?t t? tr?n tr?i b? m?t ??y r?y nh?ng khu?t t?t c?a x? h?i Nh?t B?n hi?n ??i.
Yukiho là nh?n v?t trung t?m c?a truy?n – m?t ng??i ?àn bà th?c s? khi?n mình kinh ho?ng. Sinh ra trong m?t gia ?ình nghèo, kh?ng có c? h?i ?? h?c t?p trong m?t m?i tr??ng giáo d?c t? t?, l?i b? ng??i m? nh?n t?m bán ?i t?m th?n trinh b?ch, hòng ki?m chác, tr?c l?i. T??ng ch?ng tr?i qua tu?i th? ??y sóng gió, b?t h?nh ?y, Yukiho s? r? bùn ??ng lên t?a ?óa h??ng d??ng lu?n v??n mình v? phía m?t tr?i. Ng? ??u, ? s?n sàng v?t b? v?ng d??ng, l?m l?i b??c ?i trong ?êm t?i. ?p l?c ti?n b?c, n?i t?i h? v? gia th? cùng v?i s? v? trách nhi?m c?a ng??i m? ?? gián ti?p nu?i d??ng m?m m?ng t?i ác trong t?m h?n th? ng?y c?a ??a con gái nh?. ? b? m?c m? ?? ??n ch?t hòng chuy?n t?i m?t gia ?ình danh giá h?n, s?n sàng nhìn b?n b? nh?c m? hòng thu n?p lòng tin và tình yêu th??ng c?a nh?ng k? ch?ng ??i. Yukiho t?a nh? m?t n? hoàng tr? vì ?êm t?i, ch?m ch? trên chi?c ngai vàng làm t? máu và x??ng. Quy?n uy và ??p ??, song tanh h?i và n?c mùi th?i tha.
?? ??t ???c m?c ?ích mình mu?n, ?? gi?t l?y nh?ng cái mình c?n, ? kh?ng ng?n ng?i b?t ch?p th? ?o?n, l?i d?ng h?t k? này ??n ng??i khác. Cái méo mó, d? d?ng trong t?m h?n ? ???c khéo léo che ??y sau m?t chi?c m?t n? ???c gia c?ng tinh x?o, sau m?t v?ng hào quang chói lòa song gi? d?i kh?n cùng. ? mê mu?i nh?ng k? háo s?c b?ng ??i má ?ng h?ng m?i khi th?n thùng, làm l?c h??ng nh?ng ng??i l? trí b?ng ??i vai g?y kh? run r?y và c?p m?t trong veo ??m n??c. ? ??y nh?ng con ng??i v? t?i xu?ng v?c s?u kh?ng ?áy c?a m?u m? và th? ?o?n, r?i l?i chính ? kéo h? lên b?ng ??i bàn tay tr?ng n?n, v? v? h? b?ng nh?ng cái ?m ?m áp, ??t lên trán h? nh?ng cái h?n chan ch?a tình yêu th??ng. D? t?m và b? m?t gi? t?o c?a ? khi?n mình phát t?m.
Còn Ryo? Sau nhát kéo ??nh m?nh c??p ?i sinh m?nh c?a ng??i cha ??n m?t, b?nh ho?n, ?? kh?ng th? ???ng hoàng b??c ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i chói l?i. Anh bu?c ph?i lùi s?u vào ?êm t?i, d?n b? bóng t?i b?a v?y, vùi l?p, cho t?i khi quanh anh ch? còn quánh ??c m?t màu ?en. T? ngày ?ó, anh nguy?n song hành cùng ng??i con gái kia trên con ???ng nhu?m ?? mùi máu và tanh t??i mùi t?i ác. Anh s?n sàng vì Yukiho mà gi?t cha, ?o?t m?ng c?a nh?ng k? v? t?i, v?y b?y thanh danh c?a nh?ng ng??i mà anh ch?ng h? quen bi?t. ??nh ?i?m c?a s? sa l?y, anh m?t d? nghe l?i Yukiho ?? làm nh?c m?t thi?u n? ch?a tròn m??i tám, d?m lên v?t xe ?? c?a ng??i cha, ?? t?i ác ch?ng ch?t t?i ác, ?? ?au th??ng di?n ti?p ?au th??ng.
Nhào n?n nên Ryo và Yukiho, Higashino m?y may có l?y m?t dòng kh?c h?a n?i t?m nào, song t?t c? nh?ng gì khu?t l?p, kín ?áo, v?n tròn hay méo mó c?a hai nh?n v?t này ??u ???c tác gi? ph?i tr?i kh?ng gi?u gi?m. Th?ng qua hành ??ng, l?i nói và vi?c làm c?a c? hai, t?ng s? ki?n khúc m?c, r?i r?m, t??ng ch?ng nh? kh?ng th? nào l? gi?i l?i d?n ???c g? b?, ngày càng ???c l? r?. ??c gi? có c? h?i tr?c ti?p tham gia vào quá trình ?i tìm ch?n t??ng v? vi?c, lí gi?i nh?ng r?i ren ??ng th?i ???c ch?ng ki?n hành trình sa ng? c?a c? hai nh?n v?t. Higashino kh?ng có l?y m?t l?i bình, t?t c? ??u do ??c gi? t? tìm tòi, r?i t? phán xét, t? chiêm nghi?m, ??y chính là ?i?m ??u tiên làm nên s?c h?p d?n ??c nh?t c?a B?ch d? hành.
Mình r?t thích cách tác gi? g?i m?i quan h? gi?a Yukiho và Kirihara – t?m pháo và cá b?ng tr?ng, hai loài ??ng v?t c?ng sinh, s?ng d?a vào nhau ?? cùng t?n t?i. T?m pháo ?ào hang, cá b?ng ? ngoài hang, tho?t nhiên có v? kh?ng liên quan nh?ng l?i có m?t m?i t??ng giao kì l?.
C?ng t?a nh? Yukiho, Kirihara: c? gái dù th?ng minh, s?c s?o t? t?m bé, song l?i ch?n cách nu?i d??ng m?m ác trong mình, l?y nó làm s?c m?nh chi ph?i k? khác. Cu?c ??i c?a ? ngày m?t th?ng ti?n. T? ch? là m?t ??a bé có gia c?nh b?n hàn, d?n dà tr? thành m?t ti?u th? cao sang, m?t phu nh?n quy?n qu?, m?t n? doanh nh?n giàu có thành ??t. Còn ng??i kia, ??a bé ng?y ng? thu? nào – m?t ??a tr? c? ??c, ?áng th??ng, m?t ??a bé khéo tay v?i nh?ng món ?? th? c?ng d? th??ng, ?áng m?n, m?t chàng trai ?ong trong tim th? ánh sáng l?p lánh c?a ni?m khao khát hoàn l??ng, d?u b?a quanh ch? ??c m?t màn ?êm ?en ??c. Su?t t? nh?ng n?m tháng ?u th? cho t?i nh?ng ngày nhúm chàm t?i ác, Kirihara Ryoji v?n lu?n tr?ng ngóng m?t ngày “???c b??c ?i trong ánh sáng”, v?n lu?n b? n?i c? ??c ?eo ??ng, b? m?c c?m t?i l?i gi?ng xé, d?n v?t. Dù bên c?nh có Yukiho, song Ryo v?n m?i là m?t linh h?n c? ??n, m?t vì sao l? le lói nh?ng màn ?êm t?m t?i. Xu?t phát t? th?i thúc b?o v? ng??i b?n duy nh?t trên ??i, anh l?i b? chính ng??i b?n ?y thao túng, lún s?u vào v?ng l?y nh? nhu?c c?a t?i l?i. Li?u anh s? nh?n ???c gì sau nh?ng gì mà anh ?? g?y ra? Là s? s? chia t? ng??i b?n ??c nh?t, s? th??ng h?i c?a m?t linh h?n mà anh ch?i v?i b?u víu trên cu?c ??i; hay, kh?ng gì c?, m?i s? ??u ch? xu?t phát t? nh?n cách khi?m khuy?t c?a anh?
Th?t khó có th? ?oán ??nh ???c ?ích xác li?u gi?a hai ng??i này có m?t chút gì g?i là tình yêu ??i l?a hay kh?ng, hay ??n thu?n ch? là m?i quan h? h? sinh kh?ng h?n nh? ng??i c?nh sát già Sasagaki t?ng g?i. Kh?ng, nh? v?y thì ??n gi?n quá. Theo mình, gi?a hai con ng??i này ?? d?n hình thành m?t m?i liên k?t k? d? khó có th? di?n t?. C? hai ??u tàn nh?n, ??u kh?ng ng?i b?t ch?p th? ?o?n; c? hai c?ng ??u m?t ?i ham mu?n tình d?c th??ng th?y. Là nh?ng ám ?nh v? s? giao c?u trong quá kh? ?? g?i nh?c cho h? v? h? l?y mà cái b?n n?ng mang tính nguyên th?y này c?a con ng??i g?y ra; hay chính h? ?? l?p m?t giao kèo bí ?n – h? ch? giành cho nhau, t?m h?n và kh?i óc h? ?? b?n ch?t vào nhau, tuy?t nhiên kh?ng m?t k? nào có th? ch?m t?i m?i liên k?t l? lùng ?y.
Ngoài nh?ng nh?n v?t g?y ám ?nh, thì m?t ?i?u mà mình kh?ng tài nào có th? quên ? cu?n sách này ?ó là k?t truy?n. Tr?i ?i, cái k?t khi?n mình v?a bu?n v?a t?c. Bu?n vì sau nh?ng hi sinh c?a mình, Ryo v?n ch?ng nh?n l?i ???c chút m?y may xót th??ng nào, dù ch? là m?t cái nhíu mày hay ti?ng th?ng th?t khe kh?. T?c vì sau nh?ng t?i ác tày ?ình mà hai con ng??i kia g?y ra, ch? có m?i Ryo b? tr?ng ph?t ?ích ?áng. ? ?àn bà ?áng s? kia v?n m?i nh?n nh? ngoài vòng pháp lu?t, v?n có th? ti?p t?c ??y ng??i khác vào ch? ch?t vì nh?ng th? ?o?n b?n t??i c?a b?n th?n. B?i v?y, hình ?nh Yukiho l?nh lùng b??c ?i khi nhìn nhát kéo ??nh m?nh c??p ?i sinh m?nh c?a Ryo khi?n mình r?n c? tóc gáy. ? ta ?? ch?ng lên nh?n di?n mình kh?ng bi?t bao l?p m?t n?, b?i trét lên chúng nh?ng c?m xúc, nh?ng bi?u hi?n mu?n v?, mu?n hình. Cho t?i t?n th?i khác cu?i cùng, l?p m?t n? ?y v?n ch?ng h? s?t m? dù ch? m?t m?nh nh?. ? v?n th?n nhiên c?t b??c nh? ng??i d?ng qua ???ng, th?m chí còn v? t?m bu?ng l?i nh?ng l?i nói l?nh l?o t?i m?c nh? có th? bóp nát trái tim c?a nh?ng k? ?? ch?t. Yukiho ?? t?ng b?o cu?c ??i ? v?n d? kh?ng có m?t tr?i, ch? có m?t qu?ng sáng l? nh? chi?u t?. Mình c?ng ?? t?ng ngh? qu?ng sáng ?y có ph?i Ryo hay kh?ng, mình mong là có. B?i vì, khi ??c t?i cái k?t, trong trí óc mình l?i lóe lên m?t nét ngh?: li?u qu?ng sáng ?ó, ph?i ch?ng kh?ng ai khác l?i chính là b?n th?n Yukiho – m?t b?n th? nh?n t?m, th? ?o?n – m?t nh?n cách th?i nát, méo mó. Cái ác ?? d?n l?i ? c?t b??c trong ?êm.
? B?ch d? hành, cái tài c?a Higashino Keigo l?i ???c n?ng lên m?t t?m cao m?i. ?ng kh?ng ch? x?y d?ng lên nh?ng nh?n v?t ch?n th?c t?i r?n ng??i, mà còn có th? kh?c h?a nh?ng chi ti?t g?y ám ?nh t?t ??, qua ?ó, ?ng ?? ph?i bày kh?ng che ??y nh?ng góc khu?t t?i t?m c?a x? h?i Nh?t B?n ???ng ??i: m?t x? h?i hi?n ??i, hào nhoáng song m?ng m? nh?ng nh?c nh?i – x? h?i v?i n?n ?u d?m hoành hành, v?i m?t bà m? bán con vì ti?n, v?i nh?ng méo mó, x?u xa – x? h?i ??y nh?ng ??a tr? ng?y th? lún s?u vào bóng ?êm, g?y nên nh?ng t?i ác kh?ng tài nào ??ng c?m n?i.
B?ch d? hành ?? m?t l?n n?a ?? kh?ng ??nh tên tu?i c?a Higashino Keigo trên v?n ?àn hi?n ??i, khi ?? ch?p bút nên nh?ng trang v?n hoàn h?o, kín k? t?i t?ng th? ch?. ?áng l? cho 9/10, song cái k?t làm mình kh?ng ?ng m?t chút nào c?. B?i theo quan ?i?m c?a mình, gieo gió ?t ph?i g?t b?o, nhìn Yukiho v?n ng?ng nghênh b??c ?i gi?a ??i, mình t?c. C?u chuy?n này khi?n lòng mình ng?n ngang nh?ng suy ngh?, khó ch?u, b?c bí t?i ?? kh?ng ng? ???c...
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December 8, 2023
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May 20, 2017
C?u chuy?n r?t hay, chi ti?t, ti?u ti?t ???c ??t ra c?n nh?c g?i ? cho ??c gi? r?t khéo léo, ?? ?i ??n t?n cùng ta m?i có th? n?m ???c chuy?n gì ?? th?c s? x?y ra. Tuy nhiên thì c?u t? b? l?p l?i kh?ng ít, nên t?o c?m giác h?i lê thê.
N?u thích trinh thám thì ??y ?úng là 1 quy?n "must-read".
N?u thích trinh thám thì ??y ?úng là 1 quy?n "must-read".
January 31, 2024
M?t quy?n sách t?m c?. Và là m?t c?u chuy?n t?m t?i.
C?p bé trai bé gái trên m?i kéo (hình minh h?a trên bìa ?nh) là hình t??ng ?n d? s?ng ??ng v? m?i quan h? c?ng sinh mang tính ??nh m?nh và ??y oan nghi?t gi?a Kirihara Ryoji và Nishimoto Yukiho.
Kirihara Ryoji và Nishimoto Yukiho ??u là nh?ng k? xinh ??p, nh?y bén tr??c cu?c s?ng, b?n n?ng sinh t?n m?nh li?t, th? ?o?n và v? cùng tàn nh?n. C? hai d?a vào nhau mà s?ng và s?n lòng g?t ph?ng m?i ch??ng ng?i v?t nào ngáng ch?n ng?n c?n m?c ?ích c?a h?, dù là b?t cóc, h?m h.i.?.p hay gi?t ng??i.
Và th? là, hai ng??i h? cùng d?t nhau ?i trong ?êm tr?ng (B?ch d? hành) t?m t?i kh?ng l?i thoát.
Sau v? án m?ng ??nh m?nh ?y, Ryoji v?n m?i là ??a tr? bò loanh quanh trong ???ng ?ng th?ng gió n?m x?a.
Kirihara Ryoji v?n lu?n mong ??c “?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i.” Nh?ng cu?i cùng ch? là m?t k? kh?ng kh??c t? làm b?t c? ?i?u x?u xa nào, ?? r?i h?m hi.p tr? v? thành niên (?u d?m) và ch?t b?i chính m?i kéo "hung khí" ?y, kh?ng khác gì ng??i cha mà anh ta ghê t?m nh?t.
"Ti ti?n" là t? Shinozuka Kazunari hình dung v? Karasawa Yukiho trong l?n ??u tiên g?p g?. ??y c?ng là cách hình dung xác ?áng nh?t v? ?, b?t k? ngo?i hình t?a thiên s? hay dáng v? cao nh? mà ? ta c? b?i ??p.
R?n x??ng s?ng v?i nh?ng gì ? ?? làm ?? ??t ???c m?c ?ích c?a mình. Và ?? làm ???c m?i th? m?t cách ngo?n m?c.
M? ru??t, m? nu?i, b?n th?n, hay th?m chí là k? c?ng sinh v?i mình, v?i Yukiho ch? là hòn ?á lót ???ng. Sau ?êm án m?ng n?m x?a, Yukiho ch?a t?ng dùng g??ng m?t th?t ?? ??i di?n v?i cu?c ??i và m?i m?i chìm vào trong màn ?êm t?m t?i.
Th?c s? ??c truy?n, mình th??ng nh?t là bác thanh tra già Sasagaki, ng??i ch?a t?ng t? b?, b?t k? v? án ?? h?t h?n truy t?, b?t k? bác ?? v? h?u. V?y mà cu?i cùng, bác ch?ng th? l?i ra ánh sáng nh?ng s? th?t c?n sáng t? ?y, còn bóng ma ?y v?n tr?i v?t v? trong ?êm t?i.
Truy?n trinh thám c?a Keigo Higashino ch?a bao gi? CH? là truy?n trinh thám. Nh?ng c?u chuy?n trong B?ch d? hành th?m tr?m ??n m?c ám li?t.
Hai v?n ?? x? h?i n?i c?m nh?t là:
- N?n mua bán tình d?c, ??c bi?t là tình d?c tr? em.
- V?n ?? ?n c?p s?n ph?m trí tu? (máy tính) và s? h?u b?n quy?n.
M?t quy?n sách bu?c ph?i ??c k?, ??c ch?m, ?? hi?u r? ???c chi ti?t, ?n d? mà tác gi? Higashino c? g?ng g?i ?, cài c?m, ám ch?. Bên c?nh ?ó, truy?n có s? l??ng nh?n v?t nhi?u ??n choáng ng?p và m?c ?? tình ti?t khá r?i r?m. Th?c t? v?i quy?n này, mình m?t nhi?u th?i gian h?n quy?n bình th??ng.
R?t hi?n nhiên là B?ch d? hành ???c ?ánh giá cao và khen ng?i ??n th?.
Anh ta c?m gi?y b?ng tay trái, dùng l??i kéo c?t lên, d?ch chuy?n t? gi?y c?n th?n mà ??u ??n. [...] tay trái và tay ph?i ph?i h?p v?i nhau m?t cách c?c k? khéo léo.
Lát sau, Kirihara c?t xong[...]
T? gi?y ?? bi?n thành hình m?t bé trai và m?t bé gái d?t tay nhau. ??a bé trai ??i m?, trên tóc ??a bé gái bu?c m?t chi?c n? b??m to, tr?ng h?t s?c tinh x?o.
C?p bé trai bé gái trên m?i kéo (hình minh h?a trên bìa ?nh) là hình t??ng ?n d? s?ng ??ng v? m?i quan h? c?ng sinh mang tính ??nh m?nh và ??y oan nghi?t gi?a Kirihara Ryoji và Nishimoto Yukiho.
“T?m pháo bi?t ?ào hang, nó s?ng ? trong hang. Nh?ng có m?t con v?t khác l?i mu?n ? chung, ?ó là cá b?ng tr?ng. Có ?i?u cá b?ng tr?ng c?ng kh?ng ? kh?ng, nó s? tu?n tra ? c?a hang, n?u có k? ??ch l?i g?n, thì s? qu?y ?u?i báo cho t?m pháo trong hang. B?n chúng h?p tác kh?ng khít, hình nh? g?i là c?ng sinh cùng có l?i hay sao ?ó.”
Sasagaki dùng hình ?nh con t?m pháo và cá b?ng tr?ng ?? ví von nói Kirihara và Karasawa Yukiho gi?ng nh? hai loài ??ng v?t này, s?ng c?ng sinh v?i nhau.
“Nh?ng t?i kh?ng bi?t t? c?a b?n h? ? ??u. Vì chuy?n này, t?i ?? ?i?u tra g?n hai m??i n?m r?i.” Lúc nói c?u này g??ng m?t viên c?nh sát già l? ra n? c??i t? gi?u.
Kirihara Ryoji và Nishimoto Yukiho ??u là nh?ng k? xinh ??p, nh?y bén tr??c cu?c s?ng, b?n n?ng sinh t?n m?nh li?t, th? ?o?n và v? cùng tàn nh?n. C? hai d?a vào nhau mà s?ng và s?n lòng g?t ph?ng m?i ch??ng ng?i v?t nào ngáng ch?n ng?n c?n m?c ?ích c?a h?, dù là b?t cóc, h?m h.i.?.p hay gi?t ng??i.
Và th? là, hai ng??i h? cùng d?t nhau ?i trong ?êm tr?ng (B?ch d? hành) t?m t?i kh?ng l?i thoát.
“Cu?c ??i anh c? nh? là ?i trong ?êm tr?ng v?y.”
Sau v? án m?ng ??nh m?nh ?y, Ryoji v?n m?i là ??a tr? bò loanh quanh trong ???ng ?ng th?ng gió n?m x?a.
Kirihara Ryoji v?n lu?n mong ??c “?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i.” Nh?ng cu?i cùng ch? là m?t k? kh?ng kh??c t? làm b?t c? ?i?u x?u xa nào, ?? r?i h?m hi.p tr? v? thành niên (?u d?m) và ch?t b?i chính m?i kéo "hung khí" ?y, kh?ng khác gì ng??i cha mà anh ta ghê t?m nh?t.
“Còn t?i,” Yukiho ti?p t?c nói, “x?a nay ch?a t?ng s?ng d??i ánh m?t tr?i.”
"Ti ti?n" là t? Shinozuka Kazunari hình dung v? Karasawa Yukiho trong l?n ??u tiên g?p g?. ??y c?ng là cách hình dung xác ?áng nh?t v? ?, b?t k? ngo?i hình t?a thiên s? hay dáng v? cao nh? mà ? ta c? b?i ??p.
R?n x??ng s?ng v?i nh?ng gì ? ?? làm ?? ??t ???c m?c ?ích c?a mình. Và ?? làm ???c m?i th? m?t cách ngo?n m?c.
Ch? th?y Yukiho ?ang v?n c?u thang ?i lên t?ng, bóng l?ng c? ta t?a nh? m?t bóng ma màu tr?ng.
Yukiho kh?ng ngo?nh ??u l?i, dù ch? m?t l?n.
M? ru??t, m? nu?i, b?n th?n, hay th?m chí là k? c?ng sinh v?i mình, v?i Yukiho ch? là hòn ?á lót ???ng. Sau ?êm án m?ng n?m x?a, Yukiho ch?a t?ng dùng g??ng m?t th?t ?? ??i di?n v?i cu?c ??i và m?i m?i chìm vào trong màn ?êm t?m t?i.
Th?c s? ??c truy?n, mình th??ng nh?t là bác thanh tra già Sasagaki, ng??i ch?a t?ng t? b?, b?t k? v? án ?? h?t h?n truy t?, b?t k? bác ?? v? h?u. V?y mà cu?i cùng, bác ch?ng th? l?i ra ánh sáng nh?ng s? th?t c?n sáng t? ?y, còn bóng ma ?y v?n tr?i v?t v? trong ?êm t?i.
Truy?n trinh thám c?a Keigo Higashino ch?a bao gi? CH? là truy?n trinh thám. Nh?ng c?u chuy?n trong B?ch d? hành th?m tr?m ??n m?c ám li?t.
Hai v?n ?? x? h?i n?i c?m nh?t là:
- N?n mua bán tình d?c, ??c bi?t là tình d?c tr? em.
- V?n ?? ?n c?p s?n ph?m trí tu? (máy tính) và s? h?u b?n quy?n.
M?t quy?n sách bu?c ph?i ??c k?, ??c ch?m, ?? hi?u r? ???c chi ti?t, ?n d? mà tác gi? Higashino c? g?ng g?i ?, cài c?m, ám ch?. Bên c?nh ?ó, truy?n có s? l??ng nh?n v?t nhi?u ??n choáng ng?p và m?c ?? tình ti?t khá r?i r?m. Th?c t? v?i quy?n này, mình m?t nhi?u th?i gian h?n quy?n bình th??ng.
R?t hi?n nhiên là B?ch d? hành ???c ?ánh giá cao và khen ng?i ??n th?.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 16, 2018
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January 7, 2023
Nhi?u ng??i kh?ng thích cu?n này vì th?y các c?u chuy?n h?i r?i r?c. Nh?ng mình th?y nó XU?T S?C! Keigo r?t tài tình khi d?n d?t ng??i ??c qua t?ng c?u chuy?n, t?ng nh?n v?t, t?ng bi?n c?, nh?ng kh?ng cho ng??i ta k?t qu? r? ràng mà ?? cho mình t? ?oán ?y. Xuyên su?t h?n 500 trang c?a B?ch D? Hành là cu?c ??i c?a Yukiho và Ryoji, c?a cá b?ng tr?ng và t?m pháo, và k?t c?c thì th?t ?au ??n.
Th?ng ?i?p c?a B?ch D? Hành là: nh?ng ??a tr? ?? ch?u nh?ng th? kinh kh?ng khi còn nh?, m?t b? ph?n nh? khi l?n lên chúng s? bi?n ch?t và làm nh?ng th? kinh kh?ng h?n th? r?t nhi?u. Vì v?y h?y b?o v? nh?ng ??a tr? c?a mình nhé! M?c dù trong hai ??a tr? này, v?n có m?t thì r?t mu?n ???c ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i, nh?ng kh?ng th? n?a, m?t thì say ??m màn ?êm và chìm l?m trong ?ó m?i m?i. M?t c?u chuy?n u ám và ?au ??n v? cùng.
Th?ng ?i?p c?a B?ch D? Hành là: nh?ng ??a tr? ?? ch?u nh?ng th? kinh kh?ng khi còn nh?, m?t b? ph?n nh? khi l?n lên chúng s? bi?n ch?t và làm nh?ng th? kinh kh?ng h?n th? r?t nhi?u. Vì v?y h?y b?o v? nh?ng ??a tr? c?a mình nhé! M?c dù trong hai ??a tr? này, v?n có m?t thì r?t mu?n ???c ?i d??i ánh m?t tr?i, nh?ng kh?ng th? n?a, m?t thì say ??m màn ?êm và chìm l?m trong ?ó m?i m?i. M?t c?u chuy?n u ám và ?au ??n v? cùng.
November 17, 2016
This review and this review pretty much sums up what I think about this novel.
November 24, 2015
D? ??nh ??c cu?n này trong 1 tu?n nh?ng cu?i cùng h?n 2 tu?n m?i xong :3
Mua cu?n này ??u tiên thú th?t là do bìa ??p quá :v team cu?ng ?en - tr?ng. Th? n?a do say "phía sau nghi can x" nh? ?i?u ?? nên h? quy?t t?m ??c h?t các cu?n c?a bác ?y. Gi? kh?ng bi?t ki?m ??u ra "bí m?t c?a Naoko", liên h? v?i m?y c? Nh? Nam thì ???c b?u là ?ang trong quá trình ch?n bìa m?i ?? tái b?n l?i, cái "?ang trong quá trình" ?y ?? b?t ??u t? cách ??y n?a n?m -_-
??y là ki?u trinh thám mà mình thích nh?t, mình hay g?i là trinh thám t?m l?, ??c ki?u này nó m?i thú ch? m?y lo?i trinh thám ki?u Holywood c?ng nh?n là h?i h?p gay c?n th?t ?y nh?ng ??c xong g?p sách l?i ch? th?y ??ng l?i gì m?y :|
C?c k? ?n t??ng v?i con nh? Yukiho, ? làm mình liên t??ng t?i ? trong "X?u", tên là Yuko à, hay Yuriko, th?t s? ch?ng nh? r? n?a vì nh? ?? nói ? 1 rì viu nào ?ó, mình r?t hay nh?m l?n lung tung, cái nh? nh?t ch? là c?m giác khi ??c :3 c?m giá khi ??c BDH thì kh?ng còn gì ?? nói n?a, phê nh? con tê tê :v
Kh?ng hi?u sao nh?ng su?t t? lúc nh?m nhe mua nó, t?i lúc mua, lúc ??c mình ch?a bao gi? chú t?m 1 cách th?c s? v? cái t?a c?ng nh? cách gi?i thích, phiên ?m Hán - Vi?t c?a cái t?a. ??n lúc kh?ng bi?t t? ??u b?ng b?t ra trong ??u : hành trình trong ?êm tr?ng. L?i 1 c?m giác n?a r?t phê :3
Bóng ?êm ú ám bao trùm toàn b? c?u chuy?n, nó nu?t ch?ng c? ánh sáng, nó kh?ng th? b? ??y lùi. ?ó là th? ?êm ?en c?a Yukiho. Ryoji ch?u an ph?n trong cái ?êm ?en ?y, thành 1 bóng ma. Ryoji có mong mu?n v?y vùng thoát ra kh?ng? Mình ngh? là có, nh?ng có 1 th? gì ?ó ?è n?ng, khi?n c?u kh?ng th?, ho?c kh?ng can t?m thoát ra. Li?u có ph?i c?u làm th? ?? chu?c l?i nh?ng t?i l?i mà ?ng b? ?? làm v?i Yukiho?
Mình lu?n quan ni?m nhà v?n là m?t ng??i ??ng hành, ng??i h??ng d?n viên du l?ch. H? s? nói v?i ta r?ng t?i bi?t ch? này hay l?m, ?? t?i ch? cho, t?i d?n ?i. Nhà v?n gi?i ph?i là ng??i bi?t cách m?i g?i ??c gi?, khi?n cho h? dù kh?ng h? bi?t cái ?ích nh? th? nào nh?ng v?n hào h?ng su?t c? ch?ng ???ng ?i. V?i BDH th? mà b?n c?n là ?èn pin ch? kh?ng ph?i máy ?nh hay g?y t? s??ng. Th?nh tho?ng còn nên chu?n b? c? áo ch?ng ??n và m?t n? ch?ng ??c n?a.
Keigo th?c s? là m?t h??ng d?n viên gi?i, ng??i khi?n b?n ph?i th?t d?y an toàn ngay c? khi b?n ?i b?.
Cu?i hành trình có th? là m?t d? v? ??ng ng?t trong c? h?ng
**Update sau khi xem phim chuy?n th?
Mình ko thích xem phim l?m ??c bi?t là phim chuy?n th? t? cu?n mà mình ?? ??c, nó lu?n là 1 th?m h?a (nh? phim R?ng Na Uy c?a ??o di?n Tr?n Anh Hùng ?y, chán lòi ra). May quá, phim B?ch D? Hành ko n?m trong s? ?ó, th?t ch?ng u?ng c?ng xem :3
Phim v?n gi? nguyên ?c tinh th?n c?a sách nh?ng ko quá bám sát theo ki?u t?ng chi ti?t, có thêm b?t, c?t xén, ??y là ?i?u mình khá thích.
Ti?p theo mình th?y c?c k?t em ?óng Yukiho lúc nh?, ??y th?c s? là Yukiho trong t??ng t??ng c?a mình, c? ??c, u ám, gi?ng xé t?m can. Ryoji lúc nh? c?ng khá thích m?c dù ko gi?ng v?i Ryoji có "ánh m?t tr?m m?c và tr?ng r?ng" nh? trong sách l?m nh?ng nh? phim m?i th?t h?n v?i 1 ??a tr? ti?u h?c.
Yukiho lúc l?n thì ?u?i quá. Ngoài vi?c c?ng khá chi là xinh ra thì ch?ng có gì gi?ng Yukiho. Ch? ?y ko th? làm toát lên hình ?nh c?a 1 Yukiho nhi?u ?m m?u th? ?o?n, 1 ác qu? ??i l?t thiên th?n. Yukiho c?a ch? ?óng thì gi?ng ki?u thiên th?n ??i l?t...thiên th?n.
Có th? t?i g??ng m?t ch? hi?n hi?n quá ko h?p vai l?i g?p ph?i b?n di?n quá xu?t s?c th? nên ??m ra chìm ngh?m. Ch? này nên ?óng nh?ng vai ng??i ph? n? y?u ?u?i b? dòng ??i x? ??y xong v?n y?u ?u?i thì có l? h?p h?n :|
Yukiho th?i nh? nay ?? l?n, ngoài ??i m??i r?i thì ph?i. Mong em ?y ???c ?óng lu?n Yukiho lúc l?n trong 1 b? phim B?ch D? Hành version m?i ch?ng h?n. Nh?ng ch?c ch?ng có ??u .-.
Mua cu?n này ??u tiên thú th?t là do bìa ??p quá :v team cu?ng ?en - tr?ng. Th? n?a do say "phía sau nghi can x" nh? ?i?u ?? nên h? quy?t t?m ??c h?t các cu?n c?a bác ?y. Gi? kh?ng bi?t ki?m ??u ra "bí m?t c?a Naoko", liên h? v?i m?y c? Nh? Nam thì ???c b?u là ?ang trong quá trình ch?n bìa m?i ?? tái b?n l?i, cái "?ang trong quá trình" ?y ?? b?t ??u t? cách ??y n?a n?m -_-
??y là ki?u trinh thám mà mình thích nh?t, mình hay g?i là trinh thám t?m l?, ??c ki?u này nó m?i thú ch? m?y lo?i trinh thám ki?u Holywood c?ng nh?n là h?i h?p gay c?n th?t ?y nh?ng ??c xong g?p sách l?i ch? th?y ??ng l?i gì m?y :|
C?c k? ?n t??ng v?i con nh? Yukiho, ? làm mình liên t??ng t?i ? trong "X?u", tên là Yuko à, hay Yuriko, th?t s? ch?ng nh? r? n?a vì nh? ?? nói ? 1 rì viu nào ?ó, mình r?t hay nh?m l?n lung tung, cái nh? nh?t ch? là c?m giác khi ??c :3 c?m giá khi ??c BDH thì kh?ng còn gì ?? nói n?a, phê nh? con tê tê :v
Kh?ng hi?u sao nh?ng su?t t? lúc nh?m nhe mua nó, t?i lúc mua, lúc ??c mình ch?a bao gi? chú t?m 1 cách th?c s? v? cái t?a c?ng nh? cách gi?i thích, phiên ?m Hán - Vi?t c?a cái t?a. ??n lúc kh?ng bi?t t? ??u b?ng b?t ra trong ??u : hành trình trong ?êm tr?ng. L?i 1 c?m giác n?a r?t phê :3
Bóng ?êm ú ám bao trùm toàn b? c?u chuy?n, nó nu?t ch?ng c? ánh sáng, nó kh?ng th? b? ??y lùi. ?ó là th? ?êm ?en c?a Yukiho. Ryoji ch?u an ph?n trong cái ?êm ?en ?y, thành 1 bóng ma. Ryoji có mong mu?n v?y vùng thoát ra kh?ng? Mình ngh? là có, nh?ng có 1 th? gì ?ó ?è n?ng, khi?n c?u kh?ng th?, ho?c kh?ng can t?m thoát ra. Li?u có ph?i c?u làm th? ?? chu?c l?i nh?ng t?i l?i mà ?ng b? ?? làm v?i Yukiho?
Mình lu?n quan ni?m nhà v?n là m?t ng??i ??ng hành, ng??i h??ng d?n viên du l?ch. H? s? nói v?i ta r?ng t?i bi?t ch? này hay l?m, ?? t?i ch? cho, t?i d?n ?i. Nhà v?n gi?i ph?i là ng??i bi?t cách m?i g?i ??c gi?, khi?n cho h? dù kh?ng h? bi?t cái ?ích nh? th? nào nh?ng v?n hào h?ng su?t c? ch?ng ???ng ?i. V?i BDH th? mà b?n c?n là ?èn pin ch? kh?ng ph?i máy ?nh hay g?y t? s??ng. Th?nh tho?ng còn nên chu?n b? c? áo ch?ng ??n và m?t n? ch?ng ??c n?a.
Keigo th?c s? là m?t h??ng d?n viên gi?i, ng??i khi?n b?n ph?i th?t d?y an toàn ngay c? khi b?n ?i b?.
Cu?i hành trình có th? là m?t d? v? ??ng ng?t trong c? h?ng
**Update sau khi xem phim chuy?n th?
Mình ko thích xem phim l?m ??c bi?t là phim chuy?n th? t? cu?n mà mình ?? ??c, nó lu?n là 1 th?m h?a (nh? phim R?ng Na Uy c?a ??o di?n Tr?n Anh Hùng ?y, chán lòi ra). May quá, phim B?ch D? Hành ko n?m trong s? ?ó, th?t ch?ng u?ng c?ng xem :3
Phim v?n gi? nguyên ?c tinh th?n c?a sách nh?ng ko quá bám sát theo ki?u t?ng chi ti?t, có thêm b?t, c?t xén, ??y là ?i?u mình khá thích.
Ti?p theo mình th?y c?c k?t em ?óng Yukiho lúc nh?, ??y th?c s? là Yukiho trong t??ng t??ng c?a mình, c? ??c, u ám, gi?ng xé t?m can. Ryoji lúc nh? c?ng khá thích m?c dù ko gi?ng v?i Ryoji có "ánh m?t tr?m m?c và tr?ng r?ng" nh? trong sách l?m nh?ng nh? phim m?i th?t h?n v?i 1 ??a tr? ti?u h?c.
Yukiho lúc l?n thì ?u?i quá. Ngoài vi?c c?ng khá chi là xinh ra thì ch?ng có gì gi?ng Yukiho. Ch? ?y ko th? làm toát lên hình ?nh c?a 1 Yukiho nhi?u ?m m?u th? ?o?n, 1 ác qu? ??i l?t thiên th?n. Yukiho c?a ch? ?óng thì gi?ng ki?u thiên th?n ??i l?t...thiên th?n.
Có th? t?i g??ng m?t ch? hi?n hi?n quá ko h?p vai l?i g?p ph?i b?n di?n quá xu?t s?c th? nên ??m ra chìm ngh?m. Ch? này nên ?óng nh?ng vai ng??i ph? n? y?u ?u?i b? dòng ??i x? ??y xong v?n y?u ?u?i thì có l? h?p h?n :|
Yukiho th?i nh? nay ?? l?n, ngoài ??i m??i r?i thì ph?i. Mong em ?y ???c ?óng lu?n Yukiho lúc l?n trong 1 b? phim B?ch D? Hành version m?i ch?ng h?n. Nh?ng ch?c ch?ng có ??u .-.
March 3, 2019
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