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Title: Poor detective novel but interesting Japanese culture.
Review: This book was poorly written in the sense that the conversations just didn't make sense. Immediately upon meeting a character, Rei would ask them - "who do you think is the killer? do you think it is your boss" etc. If you read this book, you will understand how unrealistic the main character is as an investigator. Also, the dialogue is stilted. Sometimes there is a use of informal contractions, but in the same conversation, characters will switch back and forth from formal language. However, this book is a very interesting description of modern Japanese culture and may be worth reading for this aspect alone. Unfortunately, I became impatient with the way this book was written overall, and could not get past the first half. Perhaps the author should simply write nonfiction accounts of Japanese life.
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