I’ve read several Kindaichi stories that I just haven’t reviewed because they’ve all been bad, but not quite as bad as
It Walks By Night, so it felt difficult to muster the energy to write when I’d just be making the same points as in that review, but with less gusto. However,
Death on Gokumon Island may by the best Yokomizo book I’ve read so far. Don’t interpret that as me liking it, because I don’t, but it’s not a steaming pile of problematic trash, which is a nice change of pace for Yokomizo.
