所羅門的偽證 第II部: 決心 下

Solomon's Perjury #2 part2

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宮部美幸, 王華懋 (Translator)

「我們已經受夠了！我們要自己找出真相！」
這段困難重重、卻又令人熱血沸騰的真相追尋之旅即將開始。
模範生檢察官‧藤野涼子v.s.神祕的外校律師‧神原和彥，
究竟誰會搶先對方一步，走出迷霧，抵達終點？

Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

352 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2012

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

Reviews

[Angel 一匹狼 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not one of those books you can read without reading the previous ones in the series, because it basically regurgitates what has come before but without much background or any cues of why the characters behave the way they do, or why things happen the way they happen. It is not one in a series. It is one of a whole. You may be able to pick things up here and there because of the conversations (where repetition around past events is a norm), but you won't be able to enjoy much, because this is the prototypical example of a middle book in a series (with the extra that this middle book has been cut in two parts, this being the second).

And what happens? We continue with the preparation for the trial, with all the good and bad this entails. The good: characters get heaps of time to shine, many conversations happen where characters are given the chance to develop and be given a rainbow personality. On the downside it all ends up being conversation after conversation of more and more of the same and you have to wonder why Miyabe decided to extend and stretch the story so much.

If you enjoy the mystery (I hope there is some payoff, because if not... argh) and the characters, you are in for a threat. But better read the three previous volumes before.

The best: the characters are interesting, and the conversations and character development nuanced

The worst: it is another, deep down, unnecessary volume

Alternatives: as said before, when reviewing volume 3, Miyabe's own "Brave Story" is an option, or maybe Riku Onda's "六番目の小夜子". And heaps of manga with a middle or high school setting.

6.5/10

(Japanese)

[s · Rating 4 out of 5]

20180212

#ソロモンの偽証 第二部 4巻 #宮部みゆき さん #読了

いよいよ学校内裁判も大詰め。希望をもたせたり、袋小路と感じたり、自分が涼子だったら、健一だったら、と考えると現実味がある。こんなにもうまく事は運ばないだろうけど。いよいよ。

[Layla · Rating 4 out of 5]

這是重讀的感想

1. 看到他說，他再次覺得自己有必要好好振作，我就覺得，雖然他是想要借着審判，來告發自己、懲罰自己和對因自己的錯而引起的後續事件執手尾，在事前，亦好好地做好各種設想和心理準備，但在面對真正要被揭發的時候，還是會害怕、想要逃避。

也許，他心裏還是有一絲希望，希望令柏木自殺的不是自己，也許是其他死法，所以他看柏木的死亡報告時，才會那麼痛苦，等同於直接地認知，是因為他才會死。

而且，他在查案中，多次因為其他人，接近真相而感到痛苦，也許是因為，他其實並不像自己預期的那麼有勇氣。沒有勇氣直接自首，一但說了，就真的回不了日常生活，如果在調查當中被他人發現，自己有相當的嫌疑，那就沒有退路，不用再在心裏猶豫了。

當然，可能是我想多了，亦有可能要維持審判的完整啦，但我一看到他那句，心裏就幻想到，他心裏對自己說:做什麼啦我！明明我就是為了告發自己才來的，事到如今才要退縮、要驚，這是遲早到要發生的事！(真相揭曉)

2. 然後又看到他不想被人知道電話是誰打的，只說電話時間上證明有用就行了，不用在意到底是誰打給柏木。

是不是我想錯呢？他是想要解決因他而起的後續事件，但並不打算把自己都說岀去？

3. 神原他，似乎有一點柏木的影子，例如，他會專登做些東西，看看對方的反應，尋開心，不過倒是一種策略，可以達成目的，我想有時他是不自覺的。

[Shirlee Chia · Rating 5 out of 5]

果然電話亭裡面的是神原和彥吧？

野田健一感覺會越來越帥。

[Wei-Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

「無論怎樣的悲劇，也比平庸來的好。希望擁有戲劇般的人生，不想成為平庸的路人。與其成為路人，還不如經歷一場轟轟烈烈的悲劇。十幾歲的孩子大多都會這麼想，至少會這樣思考過一次。」

「在某個夏日來臨之前，那些孩子將不再謳歌青春，也沒必要展示出悄悄積起的堅強和勇氣。因為面對複雜的成人世界，他們會變得更加可悲，也更加聰明，在被跟隨一生的羈絆緊緊拴住的同時，各奔前程。」