the_reader_mommy's reviews
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I started reading this book on a recommendation of a fellow book reader and didn't regret the decision.
This book is less about Buddha ( Siddhartha is born only halfway through the book and even then not too highlighted) and more about the life and times in Kapilavastu. Told through the POV of slave Chapra and pariah Tatta, it follows their miserable existence and what they do to come out of it. The ending was unexpected.
The quality of a good book in a series is that it leaves us in anticipation of the next. This book does that.

This is a book which has been on my tbr for quite some time. l finally picked it up.
It is very difficult to review this book without giving out spoilers. Within the first 2 chapters, a murder occurs. When the police discover the body, they, along with Professor Yukawa, also called Galileo, try to find the murderer, joining the complicated jigsaw pieces. The reader is aware of the murderer. The police aren't.
It is like a chess game, where the murderer and the conspirator make a move and wait for the police to make the next.
The translation was on point, keeping the reader gripped throughout. The book isn't too long either. When the final piece of the puzzle falls in place, we are left awestruck at the amount of meticulous planning that has gone into the murder and its aftermath. The ending left me a bit emotional too.
Looking forward to read other books of Keigo Higashino.