Murder in the Hall of the Eye: The Book / 眼球堂の殺人 ~The Book~

Eye see you, heheheh…

The best way I can describe Murder in the Hall of the Eye is “discount Hiroshi Mori.” Which on one hand feels a bit disrespectful to Ritsu Shuuki, but on the other hand really does feel like the most effective way to convey a general overview of the book. Murder in the Hall of the Eye is a murder mystery with a STEM focus, which is exactly Mori’s wheelhouse. But Murder in the Hall of the Eye adds an isolated, remote mansion into the mix, which does give the book a bit of a different flavor. This is an ambitious novel, and it… kind of pays off?

The Postscript Murders

I had a snarky zinger to open this review, but it leans a bit heavily into spoilers and, no matter how worthless I think a book is (spoilers for my opinion), I just can't bring myself to put spoilers of that level above a cut without warning. So now you've been warned. I'm a bit looser than usual with spoilers in this review, but I do my best to make up for that with a thorough roasting.