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Ten Sides to Every Story

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

February 4, 2023 by jeverett15 1 Comment

A group of university students who are also fans of mystery novels travels to a desert island where a horrific act of violence recently took place. The students, who all refer to each other by nicknames derived from Golden Age mystery novelists, take a macabre interest in the crime and in the unusual house where they are staying. Designed by a mad architect who perished in the violence, the Decagon House is ten-sided, with ten of everything inside, from rooms to coffee cups. In a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Yukito Ayatsuji

jeverett15's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Yukito Ayatsuji ·
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And then there were…

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

April 5, 2021 by Rooooomie Leave a Comment

I’m not really into classic detective fiction. While I definitely enjoy a mystery and a puzzle (ooh, and a murder!) in whatever I read, I’ve not once had the urge to pick up a Sherlock Holmes novel, and only vaguely know about Agatha Christie’s famous stories. In fact, while The Decagon House Murders is loosely based on Christie’s And Then There Were None, I only knew about the latter’s infamously racist original title, nothing about the story itself. Decagon is, as I learned, a prime example […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR13, detective, Japan, mystery, Yukito Ayatsuji

Rooooomie's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR13, detective, Japan, mystery, Yukito Ayatsuji ·
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Not a Great Homage to And Then There Were None

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

September 9, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Have to say that in the end I was disappointed. You tell me that this book is a homage to “And Then There Were None” and it ends up just being kind of a mess with an ending that was nothing like that book. It didn’t help that Ayatsuji had some of the book following two other characters so you don’t stay on the island with the characters who are being picked off one by one. I do like that we were given a glossary […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: The Decagon House Murders, Yukito Ayatsuji

Classic's CBR11 Review No:215 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: The Decagon House Murders, Yukito Ayatsuji ·
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