tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post4079925127535415864..comments2024-02-23T20:58:05.039-05:00Comments on the crime segments: The Thief, by Fuminori NakamuraNancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-72151454649777933762012-10-08T08:30:17.661-04:002012-10-08T08:30:17.661-04:00Hi and thanks for your comment. Lately I've no...Hi and thanks for your comment. Lately I've noticed myself looking for crime novels not so cut and dried as most seem to be nowadays. <br /><br />I LOVE your blog! NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-48367530289659454342012-10-08T07:33:14.870-04:002012-10-08T07:33:14.870-04:00I totally agree that this works on a deeper level,...I totally agree that this works on a deeper level, and really evokes the idea and texture of isolation brilliantly. When I sat down to write my review I couldn't say I was whole-heartedly sold on the book, but there's a lot to like here.Matthew Selwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723650905588749638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-21768749875575123982012-03-29T08:08:47.942-04:002012-03-29T08:08:47.942-04:00Hi Yahoo mail
It is an interesting book. My experi...Hi Yahoo mail<br />It is an interesting book. My experience with Japanese crime fiction is that you rarely get a straight-up novel of crime; there are generally a few psychological issues that are brought out and explored. And in reading these books, while the crimes are generally very interesting, they sort of take a backseat to the other issues the author's trying get out. I love them -- NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-8990582424231214832012-03-28T01:53:36.906-04:002012-03-28T01:53:36.906-04:00It sounds like an interesting book.
I wonder if t...It sounds like an interesting book.<br /><br />I wonder if the same phenomenon was at play when readers read The Devotion of Suspect X, which is more of a psychological thriller than a classical police procedural, although there is a major twist at the end.<br /><br />I had to concentrate and kind of force my way through it as it is unconvention, perhaps to Western eyes.<br /><br />It also takes yahoo mailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-18855992332640774532012-03-26T13:53:08.372-04:002012-03-26T13:53:08.372-04:00Thanks, Harvee. I was so sucked into this book I ...Thanks, Harvee. I was so sucked into this book I read it in one sitting.NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-15529283713219952632012-03-26T13:47:50.023-04:002012-03-26T13:47:50.023-04:00On my list! Great review.On my list! Great review.Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-28681734422483038452012-03-26T12:32:05.859-04:002012-03-26T12:32:05.859-04:00Thanks, Margot. I'm probably just as guilty b...Thanks, Margot. I'm probably just as guilty but I think my approach to crime fiction will be changing here very quickly.NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506358489015565993.post-30939433892637400642012-03-26T12:30:37.023-04:002012-03-26T12:30:37.023-04:00Nancy - What an interesting-sounding book! And you...Nancy - What an interesting-sounding book! And you do make a well-taken point that sometimes we have assumptions about what a crime fiction novel "should" be like, and those assumptions sometimes keep us from enjoying excellent crime fiction that is different from our preconceptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com