The Decagon House Murders: Yukito Ayatsuji (Pushkin Vertigo)

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A group of university students, members of their school’s mystery club, spend a week on an uninhabited island, the scene of a gruesome murder-suicide the year before. They’re camped out in a small ten-sided house, the only building still standing after a mansion on the island burned down during the previous crime. But about a year ago, the Blue Mansion burned down, killing all the family members. However, the dead people were found to have sedatives, so they are believed to be murdered. The women in this book unfortunately suffer from the classic written-by-a-male-author syndrome. There is the extroverted pretty and the dowdy introvert…funnily enough one of the female characters is the first one to ‘lose it’, to the point of having to be sedated and referred to as hysterical. The two share one of the most hilarious ‘bonding’ moments, where they discuss their shared love for hand cream (i believe it was hand-cream) which is just..that is what us girls do when left on our own. A very relatable moment indeed. However, things take a wild turn when the members of the mystery club get killed one by one, and the killer is just among them, hiding in plain sight.

As always, this first installment is mostly about presenting all the characters and the environment in which the action will take place. Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits... Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal. Not one of the characters was actually clever or possessed any real common sense, many scenes were wasted on each character asking ‘was it you? and saying ‘it wasn’t me’. They spend so much of their time defending themselves when it should have been obvious that their word (saying ‘it wasn't me’) was a waste of time/breath as they had no way of proving their innocence, and yet we have these unnecessary interactions taut could have easily been summarized in a few words (they took turns accusing one smother etc). Also, they are whodunnit experts, surely they would know that they are squandering valuable time on the kind of idiotic disagreements that solve nothing and if anything may result in them not paying attention to their surroundings etc. Okay so I'm supposed to be on a Netgalley ban, but here we are. When I saw this, I immediately had to request it. A couple of months ago, I received the novel this graphic is based upon from Netgalley, and I absolutely loved it. Like top 10 books of 2021 kind of loved, so of course I had to ask for this. To my joy, I got accepted.

The second volume will be available on September 21st and the third volume will be released less than a month later on October 19th. Kodansha USA publishes the series digitally in North America from August 17, 2021, [8] to November 29, 2022. [9] Volumes [ edit ] No. Mateo, Alex (April 6, 2022). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 3-9". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022 . Retrieved August 31, 2022.

The Decagon House Murders ( 十角館の殺人, Jūkakukan no satsujin) is a 1987 Japanese mystery novel, the debut work of author Yukito Ayatsuji. Borrowing its basic plot structure from Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (Christie's book is directly referenced by some of the characters at several points), it tells the story of a group of seven university students who travel to a deserted island that was the scene of a grisly mass murder six months earlier, where events soon turn ominous. The Decagon House Murders belongs to the honkaku subgenre of mystery fiction. [1] Este primer tomo se centra en la presentación de los personajes y los misterios que conforman la trama de la obra pues, aunque en un inicio parece que sólo hay uno, pronto se convertirá en dos en cuanto los protagonistas comienzan a vivir situaciones extrañas en la isla. Si bien los miembros del club de misterio de la isla parecen los protagonistas, otros tres personajes cobran relevancia de inmediato para tratar de resolver el misterioso incidente que sucedió en la isla medio año atrás, Kawaminami (Doyle/Conan), Morisu y Shimada. Al final, estos serán los personajes que ocupen la mayoría de las páginas de este primer tomo, con unas reflexiones interesantes que te mantienen en vilo continuamente.

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Chapter Three: Second Day - Island ( 第三章 ( だいさんしょう ) 二日目 ( ふつかめ )・ 島 ( しま ), Dai Sanshō Fukkame Shima) I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review, with thanks to the publisher and Netgalley.

Note: this book was first published in Japan under the title of 'The Island of Lamentation' and it won the author an award when he was still a student. Decades later it has been published as 'The Decagon House Murders' in English. Epsom-salt bath. You must stay in for at least 20 minutes. Imagine all those molecules of liquid magnesium sulfate osmosing through your skin and saying “sweet dreams” to each body part. Good night kidneys, good night hair / Good night, bladders everywhere. Clues are sprinkled throughout the story: it's a puzzle, allowing the reader to play along as detective in this whodunnit, matching their skills against those of the author (and the murderer). The island setting is the only allure to this series. We have two POVs we follow. The mystery club amid being murdered ala And Then There Were None, and this ditzy boring girl who is pointless and nothing but A stunner of a plot, with an ending which I simply could not believe when it was first revealed… Rivals Soji Shimada’s The Tokyo Zodiac Murders for sheer audacity and ingenuity” — At the Scene of the Crime

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I enjoy reading mysteries from all corners of the world. Here in Japan of 1986, several college students are on a boat to an island to spend a week indulging in their common enjoyment. They all belong to a mystery club and plan to consider the multiple murders incident that occurred on the island six months before as well as the future work of the club. They will be on this island with no communication out or way off. What could possibly go wrong....

Are you aware of the physical space around you? Asks the mad architect. He will build two houses, one of Blue and one of Ten. These houses will hold secrets and mysteries and murder and despair. One burned to the ground, one empty but soon to be burned.

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Kawaminami had actually left the party before anything happened to Chiori that fateful night, and since he has distanced himself from the club anyway he doesn't feel particularly guilty. Whilst in the mainland, the mystery of the anonymous sender from the name of a dead man provoked some questions. Are they all just a big coincidence or is it the start of a heinous plan of a crime well-planned? The dénouement was fiendishly clever... An engaging, entertaining mystery with a puzzle fit for the most ardent of armchair detectives The members of the mystery club are excited to stay at the decagon house, uncover clues and discuss theories to determine what really happened. Mateo, Alex (September 19, 2021). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 19-25". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021 . Retrieved October 21, 2021.