When Kurihara introduces Sakaki to a puzzling blog, so begins what appears to be a series of unconnected murders. Sakaki struggles to decipher the series of mystery drawings left by Yuki who dies during childbirth and finds the husband’s blog does not give any clear answers. The reader is left hanging as the next chapter deals with a drawing done by a kindergarten student, but as each new murder unfolds, the pieces gradually fit together with help from mysterious drawings done by the victims.
I’m not much of a mystery reader, but I loved the unravelling of drawing clues done by the victims. What a unique concept.
Uketsu’s done it again with Strange Buildings. What does a house with a hall that leads to a deadend have in common with a windmill that doesn’t operate as a windmill or a house that shaped like a woman with one arm and leg missing? Eleven structures represent eleven mysteries that are somehow connected together to form an engaging read.
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