骨牌效應

by Riku Onda, 恩田陸, 施黛雯 (Translator)

這個故事是環繞在東京車站周邊發生的。原本各是完全不相干的幾個小團體，但隨著情節的發展，小團體之間開始產生了交集，一直到最後，每個小團體的焦點都在一顆炸彈上面。

這部小說所強調的並不是事件的恐怖或者是驚悚，反倒是以人性的角度去看陷於事件當中的人，他們在面對緊急狀況時，本能反射出的想法及行為是什麼？並且巧妙的利用東京車站這個空間，讓故事內容更為複雜及有趣。這是一般推理小說未曾有過的故事鋪陳方法。

清新、不老套，讓喜歡推理類型小說的讀者能夠多一種選擇。

Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

375 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2001

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.

Reviews

[Chihiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was so funny! An action comedy.
It was overwhelming because there were 28 characters!
The story takes place in Tokyo, Japan.
All these characters somehow come together at Tokyo Station where an explosive may or may not be detonated by this cult. Very entertaining and fast-paced.

There were pages at the beginning that shows us all the characters in a cute lttle illustration, which I adore!

At first I thought "How am I supposed to keep up with the story?There's too many characters!" but I am glad there was an illustration of the characters. That helped alot! I kind of wanted to imagine on my own though because that's part of the fun.

There's only 340 pages and the author wrote the story without it going out of places. Just like the title, when all these characters meet, they meet as if they all fall over like a row of dominoes.

[Kei Ishida · Rating 4 out of 5]

とにかく登場人物が多い！
何の関わりもないと思っていた人たちに、いつの間にか繋がりができている。
ハチャメチャでスピーディーなストーリー展開がスカッとして気持ちいい！
明るい気分になりたいという人にオススメです！