tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post2879357750713491292..comments2024-03-29T00:31:02.713+01:00Comments on ボクの事件簿: Foul Play in FunlandHo-Linghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-17661197068249047452017-11-18T14:23:09.490+01:002017-11-18T14:23:09.490+01:00True, a lot of his stories start with a seemingly ...True, a lot of his stories start with a seemingly unrelated episode before you're properly introduced to the mystery plot, but I found it especially slow this time for some reason. Obviously, the run-up time in his short stories is much shorter, and I personally liked the comedy going in the first part of 11 no Trump, but it just didn't work for me this time. It's definitely a your mileage may vary thing though.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-14234175730994227812017-11-18T13:32:48.714+01:002017-11-18T13:32:48.714+01:00I had almost exactly the same reaction to every el...I had almost exactly the same reaction to every element of this as you (particularly the brilliance of the poisoning trick); but I didn't dislike the "not quite clear where this is going" first part of the book. In a way that seems to me part of the Awasaka Tsumao style.nigel.holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387290866972027637noreply@blogger.com