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First published September 1, 1998
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Keigo Higashino
176?books7,669?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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June 19, 2023
A wonderfully original plot that is classified as a mystery, although the reader may think the story is more of science fiction or fantasy, or even a psychological thriller than it is a mystery. Until the end of the book. It’s also a very moving story.
I'm not giving away anything that we don’t know from the blurbs: a mother (Naoko) and daughter (Monami), on the way to visit relatives, are involved in a horrific bus accident. The mother is killed but her daughter, about age 12, survives under her mother's body in the snow.
Naoko was happily married and her husband, Heisuke, is devastated. When the girl comes out of a coma, her mother's consciousness has transferred itself into her brain. So the husband finds that he has a 12-year-old daughter who has all the memories and the intelligence of his mid-30s wife.
They decide to keep this transference of consciousness secret. Who will believe them? People will think they're nuts.
With the consciousness of an adult woman, Naoko has her hands full pretending to be a 12-year-old girl. She is constantly raising the eyebrows of neighbors and teachers as she desperately tries to remember to act like a 12-year-old girl. She can’t even remember her best friends’ names at school. She keeps slipping up and calling her Dad by his first name.
The husband is traumatized too. What do they call each other? He constantly has to remember that he's talking to his wife but calling her by his daughter's name. He slips up too.
What about the sexual relationship of husband and wife? Well the father is not going to have sex with the body of his 12-year-old daughter, is he? But what will he do? Take a new wife? Find a woman friend? Go to prostitutes? What does Naoko think of those options? What happens as the story progresses and Naoko is 18?
How about Naoko? She has all the feelings of an adult woman. What is she supposed to do?
We follow the couple for about 6 years as far as Naoko finishing high school and getting ready for college. She's an attractive young woman. Guys call her on the phone and we enter a new phase of the story with Heisuke’s jealousy. Where is this all going?
We have some other themes embedded in the story, such as here is a woman who has been given an opportunity for a second chance at life -- to relive her life and start all over again and go on new paths.
So, back to our mystery. As I say, yes, strange doings, but the reader may still be wondering at this point, why is this book called a mystery? Maybe the mystery is will the daughter snap out of it and then become herself again? Or should we say will the wife snap out of it and...what? Die? They do reach a solution and we learn the mystery on the very last few pages of the book. A neat trick.
The author (b. 1958) is a very versatile writer. GR tells us that “Keigo Higashino 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.” Twenty of his stories have been made into movies or TV series in Japan.
I have previously read, or should I say tried to read, one of his best-sellers in English, The Namiya General Store, which I gave up considering it, rightly or wrongly, a young adult book. And then I read his Midsummers Equation, which was a detective murder mystery but with a bit of a young adult flavor too because the main character spends a lot of time with the young boy doing science experiments that help solve the mystery.
In any case he is an excellent writer and I like the originality of this plot enough to give this one a '5.'
Top photo of Kyoto from masterstudies.com
The author from babelio.com
[Revised 6/19/23]
I'm not giving away anything that we don’t know from the blurbs: a mother (Naoko) and daughter (Monami), on the way to visit relatives, are involved in a horrific bus accident. The mother is killed but her daughter, about age 12, survives under her mother's body in the snow.
Naoko was happily married and her husband, Heisuke, is devastated. When the girl comes out of a coma, her mother's consciousness has transferred itself into her brain. So the husband finds that he has a 12-year-old daughter who has all the memories and the intelligence of his mid-30s wife.
They decide to keep this transference of consciousness secret. Who will believe them? People will think they're nuts.
With the consciousness of an adult woman, Naoko has her hands full pretending to be a 12-year-old girl. She is constantly raising the eyebrows of neighbors and teachers as she desperately tries to remember to act like a 12-year-old girl. She can’t even remember her best friends’ names at school. She keeps slipping up and calling her Dad by his first name.
The husband is traumatized too. What do they call each other? He constantly has to remember that he's talking to his wife but calling her by his daughter's name. He slips up too.
What about the sexual relationship of husband and wife? Well the father is not going to have sex with the body of his 12-year-old daughter, is he? But what will he do? Take a new wife? Find a woman friend? Go to prostitutes? What does Naoko think of those options? What happens as the story progresses and Naoko is 18?
How about Naoko? She has all the feelings of an adult woman. What is she supposed to do?
We follow the couple for about 6 years as far as Naoko finishing high school and getting ready for college. She's an attractive young woman. Guys call her on the phone and we enter a new phase of the story with Heisuke’s jealousy. Where is this all going?
We have some other themes embedded in the story, such as here is a woman who has been given an opportunity for a second chance at life -- to relive her life and start all over again and go on new paths.
So, back to our mystery. As I say, yes, strange doings, but the reader may still be wondering at this point, why is this book called a mystery? Maybe the mystery is will the daughter snap out of it and then become herself again? Or should we say will the wife snap out of it and...what? Die? They do reach a solution and we learn the mystery on the very last few pages of the book. A neat trick.
The author (b. 1958) is a very versatile writer. GR tells us that “Keigo Higashino 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.” Twenty of his stories have been made into movies or TV series in Japan.
I have previously read, or should I say tried to read, one of his best-sellers in English, The Namiya General Store, which I gave up considering it, rightly or wrongly, a young adult book. And then I read his Midsummers Equation, which was a detective murder mystery but with a bit of a young adult flavor too because the main character spends a lot of time with the young boy doing science experiments that help solve the mystery.
In any case he is an excellent writer and I like the originality of this plot enough to give this one a '5.'
Top photo of Kyoto from masterstudies.com
The author from babelio.com
[Revised 6/19/23]
March 28, 2018
Quy?n này khá hay, nh?ng kh?ng nên ??c. Nh?ng b?n s?ng b?ng n?ng l??ng tích c?c kh?ng nên ??c quy?n này!!!
??y là truy?n éo le c?y me nh?t mình t?ng xem. ?ánh giá 2 sao kh?ng ph?i b?i n?i dung hay k?t c?u truy?n d? t? (ng??c l?i, quy?n này r?t l?i cu?n, b? c?c k?t n?i ?an xen các th? r?t m??t) mà do ? ngh?a nh?n sinh c?a truy?n này làm mình c?m th?y ghê t?m.
C?c k? ghê t?m.
C?ng là c?u chuy?n ?i?u k? di?u di?n ra, nh?ng ??i l?p hoàn toàn v?i quy?n Ti?m t?p hóa Namiya, ?i?u k? di?u ? quy?n này mang ??n nh?ng di?n bi?n t?i t?, suy ngh? tiêu c?c, làm kh? c? m?t cu?c ??i c?a nh?n v?t chính.
Ni?m tin và c?m xúc c?a mình khi ??c quy?n này gi?ng nh? khi ?ang ?i tàu l??n siêu t?c t? th? gi?i yên bình xu?ng ??a ng?c t?m t?i v?y, ??c xong ch? mu?n ném sách xu?ng mà ch?i th? th?i =.="
??y là truy?n éo le c?y me nh?t mình t?ng xem. ?ánh giá 2 sao kh?ng ph?i b?i n?i dung hay k?t c?u truy?n d? t? (ng??c l?i, quy?n này r?t l?i cu?n, b? c?c k?t n?i ?an xen các th? r?t m??t) mà do ? ngh?a nh?n sinh c?a truy?n này làm mình c?m th?y ghê t?m.
C?c k? ghê t?m.
C?ng là c?u chuy?n ?i?u k? di?u di?n ra, nh?ng ??i l?p hoàn toàn v?i quy?n Ti?m t?p hóa Namiya, ?i?u k? di?u ? quy?n này mang ??n nh?ng di?n bi?n t?i t?, suy ngh? tiêu c?c, làm kh? c? m?t cu?c ??i c?a nh?n v?t chính.
Ni?m tin và c?m xúc c?a mình khi ??c quy?n này gi?ng nh? khi ?ang ?i tàu l??n siêu t?c t? th? gi?i yên bình xu?ng ??a ng?c t?m t?i v?y, ??c xong ch? mu?n ném sách xu?ng mà ch?i th? th?i =.="
April 29, 2019
C?m th?y nh? v?a ?i tàu l??n siêu t?c xong ?y: shock + chóng m?t + hoang mang t?t cùng
Do tr??c ?ó ??c Phía sau nghi can X nên c? m?c ??nh Bí m?t c?a Naoko c?ng s? mang nhi?u tính trinh thám l?t léo c?n n?o nh? v?y. Nh?ng mà éo có ph?i. Ph?i nói là cu?n này ??c còn m?t n?o h?n í ch? >'"<
Th??ng hay ??c, các nh?n v?t chính mà tác gi? kh?ng g?i b?ng tên mà c? "g? g? g?" thì h?n là nh?n v?t ?ó cu?i cùng c?ng dính li?n v?i cái k?t bu?n b? nào ?ó, ki?u kh?ng ch?t thì c?ng b? th??ng...
Naoko: nh?n v?t ch? bi?t ?áng th??ng hay ?áng gi?n hay c? 2?! ??i v?i nh?n v?t này, c?m xúc dành cho Naoko c?a tui xoay chuy?n nhanh nh? chong chóng...m?i th?y th??ng ?i th??ng ??y r?i l?i ??m ra gi?n ?i gi?n. ??i khi nh?n v?t này r?t hi sinh nh?ng ??i khi c?ng l?i r?t ích k?. Cái b?i c?nh mà tác gi? ??t nh?n v?t này vào c?ng kì l?, ai ch? m?t l?n mu?n ???c s?ng l?i th?i thanh xu?n, th?c hi?n l?i nh?ng ??c v?ng b?n th?n ?? b? l?...nh?ng tui có c?m giác khi s?ng l?i cái th?i thanh xu?n ?ó, tình c?m dành cho "g?" c?ng thay ??i theo t?ng di?n bi?n x?y ra trong cu?c s?ng c?a c? n? sinh ?ang tr?i qua giai ?o?n ??p nh?t, t??i non nh?t ??i ng??i.
Hirasuke: ch? hi?u sao nh?n v?t này làm tui th?y ?áng th??ng t? ??u ??n cu?i. Khác v?i nh?n v?t chính trong Phía sau nghi can X, cái ?au kh? c?a Hirasuke kéo dài ??ng ??ng trong nhi?u n?m tr?i, cái gi?ng xé c?a m?t ng??i làm ch?ng kh?ng th? ???c th?a m?n v? c? m?t th? xác và tinh th?n. M?t ng??i kh?ng th? gi?i quy?t nhu c?u tình d?c bên ngoài, c?ng kh?ng th? có quan h? xác th?t v?i ng??i v? nay n?m trong th? xác con gái g?. M?t ng??i ?àn ?ng ghen tu?ng nh?ng lu?n nh?c b?n th?n kh?ng ???c ích k?, lu?n nh?c b?n th?n ph?i th?ng c?m và th?u hi?u, lu?n s?ng trong s? gi?ng xé và c?m giác b?t l?c vì ch?ng bi?t mình nên làm m?t ng??i ch?ng hay m?t ng??i cha, ?ang làm m?t ng??i ch?ng hay m?t ng??i cha. Cu?i cùng cái k?t t??ng HE l?i hóa ra là m?t s? ?au kh? ti?p t?c kéo dài, có l? ??n cu?i ??i cho c? 2 nh?n v?t chính.
Cá nh?n tui thích ng??i ?àn ?ng này. Có m?t chút nhu nh??c, ích k? và ?áng th??ng nh?ng l?i ??y d?ng c?m và cao c?. M?t nh?n v?t quá ph?c t?p ???c ??t trong m?t hoàn c?nh v? cùng ph?c t?p.
Các tuy?n nh?n v?t ph? khác c?ng ???c x?y d?ng khá là ?n, ki?u nh? ??ng ?ánh giá ng??i khác qua b? ngoài khi ch?a bi?t ???c h?t c?u chuy?n c?a h?. M?i nh?n v?t t?u chung l?i c?ng kh?ng th? ?ánh giá t?t hay x?u. Ch? có cái x? h?i mà h? s?ng trong ?ó ???c x?y d?ng t? nh?ng cái x?u nhi?u h?n cái t?t, nên d?n ??n nh?ng h? qu? ?au lòng.
Cu?i cùng ? ??u ?ó, qua t?t c?, Naoko và Hirasuke v?n dành cho nhau tình yêu, s? hi sinh vì nhau l?ng th?m kh?ng mu?n ??i ph??ng bi?t ???c mà n?ng lòng. Tuy v?y, v?i m?t cái k?t th? này, v?n th?y tác gi? ác quá ác, tàn nh?n v? t?m, làm t?n th??ng bi?t bao nhiêu trái tim y?u ?u?i ~.~
?ang c?n nh?c xem có nên ??c ti?p B?ch d? hành kh?ng ??y @.@
Do tr??c ?ó ??c Phía sau nghi can X nên c? m?c ??nh Bí m?t c?a Naoko c?ng s? mang nhi?u tính trinh thám l?t léo c?n n?o nh? v?y. Nh?ng mà éo có ph?i. Ph?i nói là cu?n này ??c còn m?t n?o h?n í ch? >'"<
Th??ng hay ??c, các nh?n v?t chính mà tác gi? kh?ng g?i b?ng tên mà c? "g? g? g?" thì h?n là nh?n v?t ?ó cu?i cùng c?ng dính li?n v?i cái k?t bu?n b? nào ?ó, ki?u kh?ng ch?t thì c?ng b? th??ng...
Naoko: nh?n v?t ch? bi?t ?áng th??ng hay ?áng gi?n hay c? 2?! ??i v?i nh?n v?t này, c?m xúc dành cho Naoko c?a tui xoay chuy?n nhanh nh? chong chóng...m?i th?y th??ng ?i th??ng ??y r?i l?i ??m ra gi?n ?i gi?n. ??i khi nh?n v?t này r?t hi sinh nh?ng ??i khi c?ng l?i r?t ích k?. Cái b?i c?nh mà tác gi? ??t nh?n v?t này vào c?ng kì l?, ai ch? m?t l?n mu?n ???c s?ng l?i th?i thanh xu?n, th?c hi?n l?i nh?ng ??c v?ng b?n th?n ?? b? l?...nh?ng tui có c?m giác khi s?ng l?i cái th?i thanh xu?n ?ó, tình c?m dành cho "g?" c?ng thay ??i theo t?ng di?n bi?n x?y ra trong cu?c s?ng c?a c? n? sinh ?ang tr?i qua giai ?o?n ??p nh?t, t??i non nh?t ??i ng??i.
Hirasuke: ch? hi?u sao nh?n v?t này làm tui th?y ?áng th??ng t? ??u ??n cu?i. Khác v?i nh?n v?t chính trong Phía sau nghi can X, cái ?au kh? c?a Hirasuke kéo dài ??ng ??ng trong nhi?u n?m tr?i, cái gi?ng xé c?a m?t ng??i làm ch?ng kh?ng th? ???c th?a m?n v? c? m?t th? xác và tinh th?n. M?t ng??i kh?ng th? gi?i quy?t nhu c?u tình d?c bên ngoài, c?ng kh?ng th? có quan h? xác th?t v?i ng??i v? nay n?m trong th? xác con gái g?. M?t ng??i ?àn ?ng ghen tu?ng nh?ng lu?n nh?c b?n th?n kh?ng ???c ích k?, lu?n nh?c b?n th?n ph?i th?ng c?m và th?u hi?u, lu?n s?ng trong s? gi?ng xé và c?m giác b?t l?c vì ch?ng bi?t mình nên làm m?t ng??i ch?ng hay m?t ng??i cha, ?ang làm m?t ng??i ch?ng hay m?t ng??i cha. Cu?i cùng cái k?t t??ng HE l?i hóa ra là m?t s? ?au kh? ti?p t?c kéo dài, có l? ??n cu?i ??i cho c? 2 nh?n v?t chính.
Cá nh?n tui thích ng??i ?àn ?ng này. Có m?t chút nhu nh??c, ích k? và ?áng th??ng nh?ng l?i ??y d?ng c?m và cao c?. M?t nh?n v?t quá ph?c t?p ???c ??t trong m?t hoàn c?nh v? cùng ph?c t?p.
Các tuy?n nh?n v?t ph? khác c?ng ???c x?y d?ng khá là ?n, ki?u nh? ??ng ?ánh giá ng??i khác qua b? ngoài khi ch?a bi?t ???c h?t c?u chuy?n c?a h?. M?i nh?n v?t t?u chung l?i c?ng kh?ng th? ?ánh giá t?t hay x?u. Ch? có cái x? h?i mà h? s?ng trong ?ó ???c x?y d?ng t? nh?ng cái x?u nhi?u h?n cái t?t, nên d?n ??n nh?ng h? qu? ?au lòng.
Cu?i cùng ? ??u ?ó, qua t?t c?, Naoko và Hirasuke v?n dành cho nhau tình yêu, s? hi sinh vì nhau l?ng th?m kh?ng mu?n ??i ph??ng bi?t ???c mà n?ng lòng. Tuy v?y, v?i m?t cái k?t th? này, v?n th?y tác gi? ác quá ác, tàn nh?n v? t?m, làm t?n th??ng bi?t bao nhiêu trái tim y?u ?u?i ~.~
?ang c?n nh?c xem có nên ??c ti?p B?ch d? hành kh?ng ??y @.@
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August 25, 2012I love Higashino's writing. With that said, this book I found disturbing. The premise is that Heisuke Sugita, a loving husband and father whose world rotates around family, turns on the television to hear of a horrible bus accident, a bus that his beloved family was on. His wife died protecting her daughter. The daughter lies sleeping in a deep coma.
When Monami, his daughter, awakens the spirit and mind of the mother, Naoko, resides in her daughter's body. I can't go into too much detail concerning the plot as it would be a spoiler! Higashino's writing is the most plot driven I've read. Suffice it to say that the tale of this Japanese family becomes stranger and stranger. Heisuke believes his wife lives on in his daughter. Monami cooks for her father/husband. All of his favorite dishes are prepared just as Naoko did. She has long conversation with him as he refers to her by the wife's name. In many ways it's as if he has lost neither his wife or daughter.
Heisuke becomes more and more obsessed with his daughter's personal life, her friends and her plans for the future. At one point Monami speaking through her daughter's mouth bemoans the situation of Japanese women.
"Even if she [a wife] comes to dislike her husband - and don't misunderstand me, I'm just speaking hypothetically - even if she doesn't want to be with him anymore, she can't leave because her future would be uncertain."
These words trouble Heisuke leading him to watch his daughter more closely than ever. A weird jealousy develops in the husband/father.
Higashino's one of my favorite authors, but this particular novel disturbed me. I thought about the line from Shakespeare's Hamlet when Horatio says after the ghost of Hamlet's father speaks. "Oh day and night, but this is wondrous strange." Wondrous strange is an apt description for what occurs. Although I admire and will rave about Higashino's work, I would not recommend this one. It makes for a twisted tale edging too close to bizarre for my taste.
Naoko for some would be a thoughtful commentary on a woman's role in Japan with intelligent insight into what choices a person might make if given the chance to relive life with the knowledge of the limitations of traditional choices imposes.
When Monami, his daughter, awakens the spirit and mind of the mother, Naoko, resides in her daughter's body. I can't go into too much detail concerning the plot as it would be a spoiler! Higashino's writing is the most plot driven I've read. Suffice it to say that the tale of this Japanese family becomes stranger and stranger. Heisuke believes his wife lives on in his daughter. Monami cooks for her father/husband. All of his favorite dishes are prepared just as Naoko did. She has long conversation with him as he refers to her by the wife's name. In many ways it's as if he has lost neither his wife or daughter.
Heisuke becomes more and more obsessed with his daughter's personal life, her friends and her plans for the future. At one point Monami speaking through her daughter's mouth bemoans the situation of Japanese women.
"Even if she [a wife] comes to dislike her husband - and don't misunderstand me, I'm just speaking hypothetically - even if she doesn't want to be with him anymore, she can't leave because her future would be uncertain."
These words trouble Heisuke leading him to watch his daughter more closely than ever. A weird jealousy develops in the husband/father.
Higashino's one of my favorite authors, but this particular novel disturbed me. I thought about the line from Shakespeare's Hamlet when Horatio says after the ghost of Hamlet's father speaks. "Oh day and night, but this is wondrous strange." Wondrous strange is an apt description for what occurs. Although I admire and will rave about Higashino's work, I would not recommend this one. It makes for a twisted tale edging too close to bizarre for my taste.
Naoko for some would be a thoughtful commentary on a woman's role in Japan with intelligent insight into what choices a person might make if given the chance to relive life with the knowledge of the limitations of traditional choices imposes.
May 1, 2013
Wow. This was a roller coaster. I read this in one sitting and while it kept me flipping the pages, I couldn't give it 5 stars because I feel emotionally battered now.
November 5, 2021
The moment I finished 'Devotion of Suspect X', I ordered this book from Amazon as no bookstores in Malaysia had this book. And just as I did with Suspect X, I finished this in 2 days. All reviews talk about how the spirit of the mother lives in the body of her daughter after the fatal accident. But that is just the tip-of-the-iceberg. This book is really about how the husband adapts to life after the accident, how he struggles with the confusion of whether he's a husband, or a father. "Did I lose a wife, or did I lose a daughter?" What I like about the book is how the Father's actions are so believable in an unbelievable situation, if you like and understand Asian culture, that is. And of course, I'm a sucker for heart-wrenching endings. At the end of the book, I simply had to walk out and take a deep breath. And this simply places itself up on top along with "Devotion of Suspect X". Respect, Keigo Higashino. Gimme more!
August 29, 2022
?úng là chuy?n c?a Keigo bao gi? c?ng có twist, kh?ng bao gi? c?u chuy?n có th? k?t thúc m?t cách ??n gi?n và nh? nhàng ???c huhu. ??c xong c?m th?y n?ng lòng thi?t s?.
Spoil nh?:
Nhi?u ng??i trách Naoko ích k? nh?ng mình th?y cách gi?i quy?t nh? v?y ?úng là m?t l?i thoái nh? nhàng cho tình th? khó x? ?ó í ch?.
Spoil nh?:
Nhi?u ng??i trách Naoko ích k? nh?ng mình th?y cách gi?i quy?t nh? v?y ?úng là m?t l?i thoái nh? nhàng cho tình th? khó x? ?ó í ch?.
April 13, 2019
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August 3, 2019
H?i mình còn tr?, t?c h?i cái quy?n này ch?a ?c tái b?n, th?y d?n tình s?n ghê l?m. ? kìa có 1 b?n kia rao bán, mình c?ng a dua a tòng l? ng? inbox h?i th?. B?n b?o 500k. Mình kêu ??t nh?ng nói chung b?n ?y c?ng là ng??i t?t, ko khinh mình khó, ko chê mình nghèo, b?n cho mình tr? góp 2 l?n m?i l?n 250k, và tr? trong 30s, chuy?n ti?n xong s? nh?n ?c sách, th? th?t ??a nào nói ?iêu làm con chó.
May quá ko ??a nào ph?i làm chó c?. Cu?c s?ng mà ?
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June 21, 2019
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This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 15, 2018
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August 2, 2015
This is a 4.7 review.
Also, SPOILERS ARE A - COMING.
Honestly, should I be surprised that Keigo Higashino, the man responsible for Malice, a.k.a the Second Greatest Mindf**k of 2014, shocked me into a stupor when I finished Naoko?
No, I really shouldn't have.
But was I? Heck yes, I was! I mean Higashino weaved that story like a puzzle box that somehow became a gremlin. And it made sense!
Naoko is about a man, Heisuke, whose wife and daughter are in a horrendous bus accident. Now, his wife, Naoko, supposedly dies leaving his daughter, Monami, in a coma. The weirdness happens after she wakes up...as Naoko.
Thus, begins the weirdest 5 year journey between Heisuke and Naoko as they try to keep their relationship but keep up pretenses of how their father/daughter relationship is supposed to be. However, one day Monami wakes up as herself and the dynamic shifts. Will it ever be the same again?
I have to give it to Higashino. In a less experienced author's hands, this story had the potential to be very perverted and sappy. Instead, Naoko showed the characters as realistic in THAT type as you can possibly be. Heisuke was shown to be in an emotional stasis as he considered Naoko to be his wife. He was faithful to her. However, his paranoia and resentment of losing her was logical and sad. In some cases, I expect it's similar to the feelings patents feel when they have to let their children grow up and be an adult. It was very hard for him to let go.
Naoko, man, was she a doozy. She was the typical housewife but being in Monami's body changed the game. She got a do-over and she took advantage of it. As soon as she saw she couldn't be Heisuke's wife anymore, she became his daughter. She excelled in school and sports with the goal of going into medical school which she wound up doing. In my opinion, I don't think Naoko hated her previous life while she was living it but when she started living Monami's, she felt that she settled and should have been more.
I could feel for her, especially since Heisuke wanted to keep her static along with him. However, that changed when it turned out Naoko straight up lied and will keep lying as long as she lives. It takes a certain kind of evil manipulation to pretend your daughter comes back in intervals while you slowly disappear until you're finally "gone." But Naoko was never really gone and that nearly killed me along with Heisuke! That was cold and I absolutely loved it. I thought it was zigging and it zagged right off a cliff.
Bravo, Keigo Higashino, Bravo!
Also, SPOILERS ARE A - COMING.
Honestly, should I be surprised that Keigo Higashino, the man responsible for Malice, a.k.a the Second Greatest Mindf**k of 2014, shocked me into a stupor when I finished Naoko?
No, I really shouldn't have.
But was I? Heck yes, I was! I mean Higashino weaved that story like a puzzle box that somehow became a gremlin. And it made sense!
Naoko is about a man, Heisuke, whose wife and daughter are in a horrendous bus accident. Now, his wife, Naoko, supposedly dies leaving his daughter, Monami, in a coma. The weirdness happens after she wakes up...as Naoko.
Thus, begins the weirdest 5 year journey between Heisuke and Naoko as they try to keep their relationship but keep up pretenses of how their father/daughter relationship is supposed to be. However, one day Monami wakes up as herself and the dynamic shifts. Will it ever be the same again?
I have to give it to Higashino. In a less experienced author's hands, this story had the potential to be very perverted and sappy. Instead, Naoko showed the characters as realistic in THAT type as you can possibly be. Heisuke was shown to be in an emotional stasis as he considered Naoko to be his wife. He was faithful to her. However, his paranoia and resentment of losing her was logical and sad. In some cases, I expect it's similar to the feelings patents feel when they have to let their children grow up and be an adult. It was very hard for him to let go.
Naoko, man, was she a doozy. She was the typical housewife but being in Monami's body changed the game. She got a do-over and she took advantage of it. As soon as she saw she couldn't be Heisuke's wife anymore, she became his daughter. She excelled in school and sports with the goal of going into medical school which she wound up doing. In my opinion, I don't think Naoko hated her previous life while she was living it but when she started living Monami's, she felt that she settled and should have been more.
I could feel for her, especially since Heisuke wanted to keep her static along with him. However, that changed when it turned out Naoko straight up lied and will keep lying as long as she lives. It takes a certain kind of evil manipulation to pretend your daughter comes back in intervals while you slowly disappear until you're finally "gone." But Naoko was never really gone and that nearly killed me along with Heisuke! That was cold and I absolutely loved it. I thought it was zigging and it zagged right off a cliff.
Bravo, Keigo Higashino, Bravo!
May 28, 2023
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May 20, 2017
M?t c?u chuy?n bu?n, tr? trêu nh?ng ch?ng hi?u sao l?i có s?c cu?n hút mình k? l?, ??c kh?ng d?t n?i, nh?ng ch? cho ???c 4 sao vì th??ng cho Heisuke quá :(( dù kh?ng bi?t có th? ngh? ra cái k?t nào ?n tho? h?n cái k?t này kh?ng but... :(((
Btw mình có nên tr? 0,5 sao n?a vì m?t ch? nh?m t? "chú" thành "bác", m?t ch? "Nh?ng" thành "Nh?ng", bìa sau (ph?n tóm t?t truy?n) và m?t ch? ? bên trong sách nh?m "Heisuke" thành "Hirasuke" kh?ng nh??
M?i l?n ??c sách g?p l?i là l?i ch? mong mình ???c làm cái ngh? mà soát l?i chính t? tr??c khi sách ???c in (^^^)
Btw mình có nên tr? 0,5 sao n?a vì m?t ch? nh?m t? "chú" thành "bác", m?t ch? "Nh?ng" thành "Nh?ng", bìa sau (ph?n tóm t?t truy?n) và m?t ch? ? bên trong sách nh?m "Heisuke" thành "Hirasuke" kh?ng nh??
M?i l?n ??c sách g?p l?i là l?i ch? mong mình ???c làm cái ngh? mà soát l?i chính t? tr??c khi sách ???c in (^^^)
November 9, 2024
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December 1, 2016
T?i nay h?ng chí quá th?c nguyên ?êm ??c cho xong.
Gi?ng v?n c?a Keigo r?t l?i cu?n, theo m?t l?i t? nhiên kéo mình ?i h?t c?m xúc này ??n c?m xúc khác. :))
Lúc ??u ??c quy?n này vì ngh? nó là trinh thám thu?n, ??c xong ch? bi?t c??i t?c t?i vì ?? b? Keigo l?a 1 cú v? cùng ng?t, l?a mà ??n phút chót m?i nh?n ra mình b? l?a, mà v?n cam t?m tình nguy?n.
Lúc tr??c có th?y qua 1 review, dòng m? ??u c?a ng??i ta trích trong truy?n "bí m?t n?m ? chi?c nh?n trong con g?u teddy, bí m?t n?m trong con g?u teddy". Mình gi? ??c c?u ?ó c? th?y nó nh? th?n chú ngàn n?m.
Th?t s? c?m xúc c?a mình khi ??c xong v? cùng khó t?, m?t d?ng b?t ng? kinh kh?ng, nh?ng nh? b?t ng? ???c ch?p nh?n, ko bi?t di?n t? sao.
Men theo m?ch truy?n c?a Keigo, lúc ??u là h?i h?p, ti?p ??n ph?n u?t, lo s?, c?m ??ng, kh?ng tin ???c, b?t ng?. Cu?i cùng nh?n ra s? cao ??p l?ng vào t?ng con ch?.
M?t tai n?n di?n ra, nh?ng s? ph?n ???c hoán ??i, nh?ng li?u s? th?t có ph?i ?? hoán ??i.
Sau tai n?n, Hirasuke m?t con, hay m?t v?. Monami là Monami, hay Monami là Naoko.
Khi m?i s? b?t ng? l?ng xu?ng, mình th?y xúc ??ng, xúc ??ng v? s? ch?p nh?n n?i ?au, c?a Hirasuke, và c? c?a Naoko.
H?, nh?ng ng??i tr?i qua bao nhiêu th?i gian. 9 n?m, Hirasuke ch?p nh?n m?t v?, và c? ?y, Naoko ch?p nh?n m?t chính c? b?n th?n.
Mình t? h?i b?y gi? n?u bu?c mình ph?i s?ng cu?c ??i c?a ng??i khác, trong khi mình v?n ch?ng h? m?t ?i, ch?c ch?n 1 c?u mình kh?ng bao gi? làm ???c. Quên ?i chính b?n th?n + b?n ng? mình ?? s?ng h?n 20 n?m, quên ?ì t?i, quên t?t c?.
Naoko th?t ra kh?ng có bí m?t, có 1 bí m?t c? gom t?t c? vào cu?i ??i vì mong Hirasuke h?nh phúc, ?? anh kh?ng còn v??ng b?n, ?? anh th?nh th?i v?i cu?c s?ng m?i. Ch?c nhi?u ng??i ngh? Naoko, à kh?ng Monami c?ng h?nh phúc, còn b?n th?n mình ch? c?m th?y Naoko ?ang hi?n th?c hóa c?u nói c?a ?ng Kijikawa "Vì t?i mu?n th?y th?ng bé h?nh phúc" hay "Naoko mu?n Hirasuke h?nh phúc".
T? nhiên ngh? 1 h?i, l?i xúc ??ng ??n b?t khóc vì c?u chuy?n này.
Gi?ng v?n c?a Keigo r?t l?i cu?n, theo m?t l?i t? nhiên kéo mình ?i h?t c?m xúc này ??n c?m xúc khác. :))
Lúc ??u ??c quy?n này vì ngh? nó là trinh thám thu?n, ??c xong ch? bi?t c??i t?c t?i vì ?? b? Keigo l?a 1 cú v? cùng ng?t, l?a mà ??n phút chót m?i nh?n ra mình b? l?a, mà v?n cam t?m tình nguy?n.
Lúc tr??c có th?y qua 1 review, dòng m? ??u c?a ng??i ta trích trong truy?n "bí m?t n?m ? chi?c nh?n trong con g?u teddy, bí m?t n?m trong con g?u teddy". Mình gi? ??c c?u ?ó c? th?y nó nh? th?n chú ngàn n?m.
Th?t s? c?m xúc c?a mình khi ??c xong v? cùng khó t?, m?t d?ng b?t ng? kinh kh?ng, nh?ng nh? b?t ng? ???c ch?p nh?n, ko bi?t di?n t? sao.
Men theo m?ch truy?n c?a Keigo, lúc ??u là h?i h?p, ti?p ??n ph?n u?t, lo s?, c?m ??ng, kh?ng tin ???c, b?t ng?. Cu?i cùng nh?n ra s? cao ??p l?ng vào t?ng con ch?.
M?t tai n?n di?n ra, nh?ng s? ph?n ???c hoán ??i, nh?ng li?u s? th?t có ph?i ?? hoán ??i.
Sau tai n?n, Hirasuke m?t con, hay m?t v?. Monami là Monami, hay Monami là Naoko.
Khi m?i s? b?t ng? l?ng xu?ng, mình th?y xúc ??ng, xúc ??ng v? s? ch?p nh?n n?i ?au, c?a Hirasuke, và c? c?a Naoko.
H?, nh?ng ng??i tr?i qua bao nhiêu th?i gian. 9 n?m, Hirasuke ch?p nh?n m?t v?, và c? ?y, Naoko ch?p nh?n m?t chính c? b?n th?n.
Mình t? h?i b?y gi? n?u bu?c mình ph?i s?ng cu?c ??i c?a ng??i khác, trong khi mình v?n ch?ng h? m?t ?i, ch?c ch?n 1 c?u mình kh?ng bao gi? làm ???c. Quên ?i chính b?n th?n + b?n ng? mình ?? s?ng h?n 20 n?m, quên ?ì t?i, quên t?t c?.
Naoko th?t ra kh?ng có bí m?t, có 1 bí m?t c? gom t?t c? vào cu?i ??i vì mong Hirasuke h?nh phúc, ?? anh kh?ng còn v??ng b?n, ?? anh th?nh th?i v?i cu?c s?ng m?i. Ch?c nhi?u ng??i ngh? Naoko, à kh?ng Monami c?ng h?nh phúc, còn b?n th?n mình ch? c?m th?y Naoko ?ang hi?n th?c hóa c?u nói c?a ?ng Kijikawa "Vì t?i mu?n th?y th?ng bé h?nh phúc" hay "Naoko mu?n Hirasuke h?nh phúc".
T? nhiên ngh? 1 h?i, l?i xúc ??ng ??n b?t khóc vì c?u chuy?n này.
November 29, 2022
??c xong cu?n sách này qu? th?c kh?ng bi?t ph?i vi?t review ki?u gì n?a? B?o mình hi?u n?i dung c?a cu?n sách c?ng kh?ng ?úng mà nói kh?ng hi?u c?ng ch?ng sai.
Tóm l?i ??c xong c?m giác m?t n?o c?c.
Tóm l?i ??c xong c?m giác m?t n?o c?c.
August 6, 2024
Tr??c tiên thì ph?i c?ng nh?n m?t ?i?u là cu?n sách cu?n hút quá ch?ng. Theo ?úng nh? nguyên tác tên g?c v?n v?n ch? có "Himitsu" ngh?a là Bí m?t - m?t th? mà lu?n th?i thúc s? tò mò và ham mu?n khám phá c?a ng??i ??i. Higashino Keigo ?? quá hoàn h?o trong vi?c d?n d?t ?i?u bí m?t này ??n v?i ??c gi?, khi?n mình kh?ng th? nào ng?ng ??c khi c?m nó trên tay, ph?i ráng l?m m?i d?t ra ???c ?? ?i ng? m?i t?i.
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Sau khi ??c li?n hai tác ph?m có th? cho là m?t m?i nh?t và m?t c? nh?t, mình nh?n ra ???c ?i?m chung trong cách x?y d?ng nh?n v?t c?ng nh? c?t truy?n c?a Higashino Keigo. ?ng lu?n ??a vào truy?n nh?ng t?m h?n r?n v? vì s? m?t mát to l?n trong gia ?ình, r?i sau ?ó h? c? g?ng m?nh m? v??t qua n?i ?au tinh th?n ?? ??t ???c nh?ng m?c ?ích s?ng mà h? t? cho ?ó là ?úng ??n nh?t. Nh?ng nút th?t, nh?ng bóng t?i d?n d?n ???c khai sáng qua t?ng trang sách và m?t cái k?t có ? ngh?a là ?i?u ?ng lu?n mu?n h??ng ??n. Theo cá nh?n mình thì Thánh Giá R?ng là phiên b?n n?ng c?p c?a Bí M?t Naoko nh?ng nó l?i kém h?n nhi?u so v?i ?àn anh c?a nó.
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(T? ?o?n này có th? bi?t tr??c n?i dung truy?n, c?n nh?c k? tr??c khi ??c ti?p)
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M?t tác ph?m có th? nói là hay xu?t s?c, sách c?ng ?? ???c d?ng thành phim ngay sau ?ó kh?ng l?u. KST làm ph? ?? Ti?ng Vi?t cho phim này, nh?ng t?c ?? h?i ch?m, ch?c ??i khi nào ra ??y ?? 9 t?p s? download v? xem m?t l?n, ch? phim mà c? cu?n hút nh? truy?n ?ang xem ??n ?o?n cao trào g?y c?n, r?i kh?ng có t?p ti?p ?? xem thì nguy to. Haha.
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Sau khi ??c li?n hai tác ph?m có th? cho là m?t m?i nh?t và m?t c? nh?t, mình nh?n ra ???c ?i?m chung trong cách x?y d?ng nh?n v?t c?ng nh? c?t truy?n c?a Higashino Keigo. ?ng lu?n ??a vào truy?n nh?ng t?m h?n r?n v? vì s? m?t mát to l?n trong gia ?ình, r?i sau ?ó h? c? g?ng m?nh m? v??t qua n?i ?au tinh th?n ?? ??t ???c nh?ng m?c ?ích s?ng mà h? t? cho ?ó là ?úng ??n nh?t. Nh?ng nút th?t, nh?ng bóng t?i d?n d?n ???c khai sáng qua t?ng trang sách và m?t cái k?t có ? ngh?a là ?i?u ?ng lu?n mu?n h??ng ??n. Theo cá nh?n mình thì Thánh Giá R?ng là phiên b?n n?ng c?p c?a Bí M?t Naoko nh?ng nó l?i kém h?n nhi?u so v?i ?àn anh c?a nó.
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(T? ?o?n này có th? bi?t tr??c n?i dung truy?n, c?n nh?c k? tr??c khi ??c ti?p)
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M?t tác ph?m có th? nói là hay xu?t s?c, sách c?ng ?? ???c d?ng thành phim ngay sau ?ó kh?ng l?u. KST làm ph? ?? Ti?ng Vi?t cho phim này, nh?ng t?c ?? h?i ch?m, ch?c ??i khi nào ra ??y ?? 9 t?p s? download v? xem m?t l?n, ch? phim mà c? cu?n hút nh? truy?n ?ang xem ??n ?o?n cao trào g?y c?n, r?i kh?ng có t?p ti?p ?? xem thì nguy to. Haha.
August 16, 2020
Lúc ??u mình nghe nói cái k?t c?a truy?n g?y ?c ch? nên c?ng ch?n ch? m?i m?i ??c quy?n này, tính ra ??y là quy?n th? 4 mình ??c c?a Keigo r?i. Và Keigo ?? hoàn toàn kh?ng làm mình th?t v?ng chút nào, v?n là gi?ng v?n d?n d?t ng??i ??c hoà mình vào c?u chuy?n c?a nhà Hirasuke và Naoko, làm cho mình th?y nh? th?t s? ? ?ó ch?ng ki?n m?i chuy?n. Th?t ra lúc ??u mình th?y kh?ng hài lòng v?i Hirasuke, nhà m?i x?y ra chuy?n k? l? nh? v?y nh?ng g? ?? ngo?i tình t? t??ng v?i c? giáo c?a con gái mình, ?i nhà ch?a hòng gi?i s?u, lúc ?ó mình th?y t? t??ng g? ta th?p hèn, trái ng??c v?i Naoko trong hình hài con gái Monami ?ang ?m gi?c m? làm l?i cu?c ??i mà bà ?? b? l?. Nh?ng r?i mình nh?n ra ?ó là di?n bi?n t?m l? bình th??ng, chính g? c?ng kh?ng bi?t mình "m?t v? hay con gái", nhìn th?y v? mình ?ang c?g?ng s?ng cu?c ??i t??i tr? ??y h?a h?n, có l? ?? làm g? lo s?, g? lúc này là m?t ng??i ?àn ?ng trung niên an ph?n cu?c s?ng bình bình nh? v?y nh?ng Naoko còn c? ???ng dài phía tr??c. Tác gi? ?? l?ng ghép bài h?c v? tình yêu, tình ng??i, tình c?m gia ?ình và trên h?t là ? ngh?a s?ng c?a ng??i ph? n? trong x? h?i mà ng??i ta ngh? ngh?a v? l?n nh?t c?a ph? n? ch? là làm v?, làm m?. Tác ph?m này ??i v?i mình là m?t c?u chuy?n hay nh?ng c?ng tàn nh?n, t? lúc Hirasuke ch?p nh?n coi Naoko nh? Monami và di?n bi?n b?t ng? sau ?ó c?a gia ?ình này, nh?ng theo mình cái k?t nh? v?y là x?ng ?áng cho Naoko.
March 25, 2011
On first impression, Keigo Higashino’s novel may appear like the typical supernatural family novel type that will bring you close to tears. Upon finishing it, you will be mistaken. It’s a mystery novel where nothing is stolen, no one gets assaulted AND murdered, and clues are left on the reader’s thinking. It is also question of morality, of gender play, and romance. The first time I finished the book, I remembered Henrik Ibsen’s The Doll House, and left me with a puzzling ending that could haunt and wrack you to the brains. Every scene in the book is finely weaved and told and each chapter as riveting as the other. I also give my props to Kerim Tasar for an excellent translation. I’ve have had my share of Vertical book collections and by far, this is one of the best translations I’ve read from them.
May 17, 2021
Có l? Heisuke là n?n nh?n cu?i cùng c?a v? tai n?n trên núi tuy?t n?m ?y. ??n ?ng già m?t 2 ??a con gái sinh ??i, hay Itsumi con gái c?a tay tài x?, h? c?ng ?? tìm ???c l? s?ng và s?ng vui v? r?i, ch? còn Heisuke và Naoko/Monami là v?n chìm s?u trong bi k?ch mà chi?c xe bus ?y g?y ra.
V?y thì cu?i cùng bi k?ch có k?t thúc hay kh?ng? Bí m?t c?a Naoko là gì? M?i ng??i cùng ??c Naoko th? xem sao nhé.
Rate: 4,25/5, n?i bu?n kinh kh?ng kh?ng th? nhìn th?u ???c, ch? có th? c?m nh?n th?i.
V?y thì cu?i cùng bi k?ch có k?t thúc hay kh?ng? Bí m?t c?a Naoko là gì? M?i ng??i cùng ??c Naoko th? xem sao nhé.
Rate: 4,25/5, n?i bu?n kinh kh?ng kh?ng th? nhìn th?u ???c, ch? có th? c?m nh?n th?i.
December 31, 2020
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November 25, 2017
??c trong 2 ?êm, trong lúc th?i gian kh?ng h? r?ng r?i. Kh?ng k?ch tính chút nào nh?ng kh?ng ng?n ???c mình l?t sang trang k? ti?p, ??n n?i ?i c?m n?i c?m c?ng ??c, b?n n?u n??ng c?ng ??c, th?m chí ?ánh r?ng c?ng c? gi? kh? tay trái ?? c?m sách ??c.
Nh?ng khác bi?t v? n?n v?n hóa kh?ng kh?i làm t?i có lúc nhíu mày khi ch?ng ki?n cu?c s?ng và m?i quan h? h?t s?c b?i r?i gi?a Heisuke và Naoko trong th?n hình Monami sau tai n?n ?au lòng kia. ?úng là ng??ng ngh?u c?c kì. M?c dù th??ng h?, t?i c?ng ?? t??ng t??ng ra c?nh quy?n sách s? r?i kh?i tay mình v? m?t ???ng parabol th?t ??p trong kh?ng trung nh? th? nào tr??c khi yên v? trong m?t xó x?nh nào ?ó, n?u nh? có chuy?n gì x?y ra v??t quá kh? n?ng ch?p nh?n c?a t?i. May r?ng bác Keigo v?i cái gi?i h?n c?a bác h?ng còn sáng su?t. Th?t ?úng là th? phào nh? nh?m.
T?i ?oán mình c?ng kh?ng ph?i ngo?i l? khi th?y Heisuke th?t ?áng th??ng trong khi Naoko hi?n lên có ph?n ích k? và ?áng ghét khi mà d??ng nh? c? ?? r?p t?m b? l?i ng??i ch?ng kh? s? ??ng sau ?? ti?n v? phía tr??c cùng nh?ng khao khát toan tính cá nh?n. Nh?ng kì th?c trong cái b?i c?nh ???c x?y d?ng ??y nh?ng ngh?ch l? này, có l? ch?ng có riêng ai ???c h?nh phúc c?. T?t c? nh?ng n? c??i mà Heisuke, Naoko hay nh?ng nh?n v?t ch? thoáng l??t qua trong vài ba trang sách nh? Yukiko, ho?c ch? vài ba l?i tho?i nh? ng??i ?àn ?ng m?t hai c? con gái trong v? tai n?n... ?eo lên m?t ??u ch? là nh?ng cái m?t n? che ?i n??c m?t, nh?ng li?u thu?c t?m lí mà h? bám víu vào ?? s?ng sót qua nh?ng ni?m ?au riêng. Heisuke kh?, nh?ng kì th?c Naoko c?ng quá là kh?. Còn gì khó kh?n h?n vi?c t? b? chính b?n th?n mình khi mà mình kh?ng h? mu?n, khi mà mình v?n còn ? ngay ??y?
N?u cái k?t c? xu?i theo nh?ng gì t?i ?? t??ng t? khi Monami xu?t hi?n thì s? t?t cho Heisuke, Naoko và cái gia ?ình nh? xíu b?t h?nh ?ó c?a h? bi?t bao. Nh?ng có l? ch? có duy nh?t m?t k?t thúc nh? th? này m?i có th? khi?n t?i ch?ng ??n ?o gì thêm n?a mà ch?m ?i?m tuy?t ??i, m?c dù nó làm t?i khó ch?u phát ?iên, làm trái tim t?i l?ng ?i vì ?au ??n. Ch? c?n nh? th?, l?i m?t l?n n?a t?i nh?m m?t b? qua t?t th?y nh?ng nh??c ?i?m xung quanh.
Nh?ng khác bi?t v? n?n v?n hóa kh?ng kh?i làm t?i có lúc nhíu mày khi ch?ng ki?n cu?c s?ng và m?i quan h? h?t s?c b?i r?i gi?a Heisuke và Naoko trong th?n hình Monami sau tai n?n ?au lòng kia. ?úng là ng??ng ngh?u c?c kì. M?c dù th??ng h?, t?i c?ng ?? t??ng t??ng ra c?nh quy?n sách s? r?i kh?i tay mình v? m?t ???ng parabol th?t ??p trong kh?ng trung nh? th? nào tr??c khi yên v? trong m?t xó x?nh nào ?ó, n?u nh? có chuy?n gì x?y ra v??t quá kh? n?ng ch?p nh?n c?a t?i. May r?ng bác Keigo v?i cái gi?i h?n c?a bác h?ng còn sáng su?t. Th?t ?úng là th? phào nh? nh?m.
T?i ?oán mình c?ng kh?ng ph?i ngo?i l? khi th?y Heisuke th?t ?áng th??ng trong khi Naoko hi?n lên có ph?n ích k? và ?áng ghét khi mà d??ng nh? c? ?? r?p t?m b? l?i ng??i ch?ng kh? s? ??ng sau ?? ti?n v? phía tr??c cùng nh?ng khao khát toan tính cá nh?n. Nh?ng kì th?c trong cái b?i c?nh ???c x?y d?ng ??y nh?ng ngh?ch l? này, có l? ch?ng có riêng ai ???c h?nh phúc c?. T?t c? nh?ng n? c??i mà Heisuke, Naoko hay nh?ng nh?n v?t ch? thoáng l??t qua trong vài ba trang sách nh? Yukiko, ho?c ch? vài ba l?i tho?i nh? ng??i ?àn ?ng m?t hai c? con gái trong v? tai n?n... ?eo lên m?t ??u ch? là nh?ng cái m?t n? che ?i n??c m?t, nh?ng li?u thu?c t?m lí mà h? bám víu vào ?? s?ng sót qua nh?ng ni?m ?au riêng. Heisuke kh?, nh?ng kì th?c Naoko c?ng quá là kh?. Còn gì khó kh?n h?n vi?c t? b? chính b?n th?n mình khi mà mình kh?ng h? mu?n, khi mà mình v?n còn ? ngay ??y?
N?u cái k?t c? xu?i theo nh?ng gì t?i ?? t??ng t? khi Monami xu?t hi?n thì s? t?t cho Heisuke, Naoko và cái gia ?ình nh? xíu b?t h?nh ?ó c?a h? bi?t bao. Nh?ng có l? ch? có duy nh?t m?t k?t thúc nh? th? này m?i có th? khi?n t?i ch?ng ??n ?o gì thêm n?a mà ch?m ?i?m tuy?t ??i, m?c dù nó làm t?i khó ch?u phát ?iên, làm trái tim t?i l?ng ?i vì ?au ??n. Ch? c?n nh? th?, l?i m?t l?n n?a t?i nh?m m?t b? qua t?t th?y nh?ng nh??c ?i?m xung quanh.
July 15, 2016
I must be getting sentimental in my dotage, but I was moved to tears by this novel. As odd and disturbing as the premise of a man's daughter being possessed by the consciousness of his dead wife was, it somehow worked as a gut-wrencher. Was he mourning the death of his wife, the death of his daughter or the death of his own marriage? An ingenious mystery that spoke to me, a middle-aged man watching as my own daughters grow up and inevitably grow… away. Absorbing.
May 31, 2024
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April 2, 2017
Cu?n sách này x?ng ?áng nhi?u h?n 2/5 :))
Nh?ng th?t khó ?? ?ánh giá ?úng m?t cu?n sách khi b?n th?n c?m ghét nh?n v?t n? chính =))
S? nhi?u ng??i thích cu?n sách này, thích nh?n v?t Naoko.
Cu?n sách này hay. Ch? có ?i?u ??n gi?n là mình kh?ng thích nó.
P/s: có v? trong ti?u thuy?t, các nh?n v?t n? mang tên Naoko ??u có gì ?ó kh?ng bình th??ng ヾ(@゜?゜@)ノ
Nh?ng th?t khó ?? ?ánh giá ?úng m?t cu?n sách khi b?n th?n c?m ghét nh?n v?t n? chính =))
S? nhi?u ng??i thích cu?n sách này, thích nh?n v?t Naoko.
Cu?n sách này hay. Ch? có ?i?u ??n gi?n là mình kh?ng thích nó.
P/s: có v? trong ti?u thuy?t, các nh?n v?t n? mang tên Naoko ??u có gì ?ó kh?ng bình th??ng ヾ(@゜?゜@)ノ
July 8, 2024
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October 21, 2011
Naoko won the Japan Mystery Writers Award, but this is not a mystery at all. It is a science fiction tale, or a fable. The hero, factory foreman Heisuke Sugita is a simple man, a traditional and loving Japanese husband to his spirited wife Naoki and hard-working father of one daughter, Monami. In 1985, Heisuke sends his family on a school-sponsored skiing trip to Nagano without him. When the bus they are in plunges off a mountain, Naoki is killed instantly. Monami lingers in a coma for a few days. When she finally wakes, it is clear that something is horribly awry. Although Monami's body has survived, it is Naoki's spirit that animates her. Heisuke and Naoki struggle to deal with all the implications of their situation. Naoki must pretend to be Monami in public, but performs all the tasks of a Japanese wife in private, except one. The husband and wife cannot bring themselves to express physical affection--- after all, Monami is only 12 years old. They maintain a sort of equilibrium for almost five years, during which time Heisuke explores the causes of the crash, discovering the bus driver's secret and meeting both his first and second wives and his son and step-daughter. His wife, growing into adolescence in her daughter's body, learns to do her school work, speak to her friends, and decides to go to medical school. When she begins to blossom and to look more grown, the boys begin to show interest in her, creating a crisis. Heisuke is jealous. He begins to spy on Monami, recording her phone calls and slinking around her room when she's gone. He is jealous and follows her on her first date to chase the boy away. Monami goes home with him, and they become estranged, uncomfortable. They realize they can't go on this way. They attempt to have sex, but neither can do it. It seems as if they have reached an impasse. Naoki is depressed. The inarticulate Heisuke prays something will change. The reader wonders whether violence will follow and who will commit it. But then, one night Naoki falls suddenly asleep and without warning, Monami's personality emerges. She is confused, dazed. She has no memory of the years between the accident and her second year of high school. She can only stay awake for a few hours at a time at first, but is soon able to go to school. Miraculously, she is able to do the hard work she has never learned. Heisuke is overjoyed, but also saddened. He hopes Naoki and Monami can share the body, but slowly, over months, Monami becomes dominant. Naoki hints that she will recede willingly, and writes a letter to explain to Monami what has happened. And another letter telling Monami what to do. As Heisuke begins to be concerned about Naoki's survival, Monami asks him to take her to a special park in Yokohama, where her mother and father had their first date. Heisuke, fearful but resigned, prepares with a new boom box and music specially selected to please Naoki, even though buying the CD embarrasses him --it is not music preferred by middle-aged men and the clerk in the music store gives him a look. They sit on a bench and look at the sea. Monami tells her father that her mother has left instructions for her to do this. She falls asleep and Naoki appears to thank her husband and say goodbye. There are tears all around. Monami returns to her body, and the book ends with Heisuke beginning to understand that Naoki has never been with him. She died for good the day the bus fell off the mountain, and Monami, his so smart daughter, has put on this elaborate act to protect him. It has been Monami all along, imitating her mother until her father was strong enough to live without her. Monami marries the son (not really) of the bus driver's first wife, and they all live happily. A surprisingly effective book. I didn't see it coming at all. I thought Naoki would just fade away.
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