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ชีวิตของเฮสึเกะ พนักงานโรงงานธรรมดา ๆ คนหนึ่งเปลี่ยนแปลงไปตลอดกาลเพราะข่าวด่วนทางโทรทัศน์ในเช้าวันหนึ่ง
รถบัสที่พาผู้โดยสารมุ่งสู่ลานสกีประสบอุบัติเหตุตกหน้าผาในเวลาเช้าตรู่ นาโอโกะ ภรรยาของเฮสึเกะ กับโมนามิ ลูกสาวคนเดียวของครอบครัว อยู่ในรถมรณะคันนั้นด้วย นาโอโกะใช้ตัวบังปกป้องลูกสาวจนบาดเจ็บสาหัส และเสียชีวิตในเวลาต่อมา เคราะห์ดีที่โมนามิปลอดภัยไร้รอยขีดข่วน
ทว่าสิ่งที่โมนามิพูดกับเฮสึเกะหลังจากฟื้นคืนสติคือ “นี่ฉันเอง…นาโอโกะ”
ในร่างของลูกสาววัยหัวเลี้ยวหัวต่อมีจิตวิญญาณของแม่…ของภรรยา เรื่องราวปาฏิหาริย์ที่ยากจะอธิบายให้ผู้ใดเข้าใจ ทั้งสองจึงต้องเก็บไว้เป็นความลับและปรับตัวกับชีวิตครอบครัวในสมการใหม่ นาโอโกะต้องสวมบทบาทกลับไปใช้ชีวิตแบบเด็กน้อยวัยเรียนอีกครั้งขณะที่พยายามทำหน้าที่ภรรยาไปด้วย ความสัมพันธ์ของคู่สามีภรรยาที่ตกอยู่ในเงื่อนไขแปลกประหลาดเช่นนี้ ทำให้เฮสึเกะชักไม่แน่ใจเสียแล้วว่าตนเองเสียลูกหรือภรรยาไปกันแน่
ระหว่างนั้นเฮสึเกะก็เข้าไปพัวพันกับ “ความลับ” ของอีกครอบครัวหนึ่งโดยไม่ทันตั้งตัว นั่นคือครอบครัวของคนขับรถบัสที่ทำให้อุบัติเหตุครั้งนี้เกิดขึ้น ยิ่งค่อย ๆ สืบสาวหาต้นตอของอุบัติเหตุ เบื้องหลังอันหม่นเศร้าก็ค่อย ๆ เผย
ขณะที่ผู้คนที่ยังอยู่ใช้ชีวิตโดยเก็บงำความลับซ้อนทับโยงใย จะเป็นไปได้หรือไม่ที่คนที่จากไป…เจ้าของร่างที่แท้จริงจะกลับมา
ผลงานที่คว้ารางวัลจากสมาคมนักเขียนเรื่องสืบสวนสอบสวนญี่่ปุ่นเมื่อปี 1998 กลับมาให้ผู้อ่านร่วมไขความลับหักมุมอีกครั้ง
รถบัสที่พาผู้โดยสารมุ่งสู่ลานสกีประสบอุบัติเหตุตกหน้าผาในเวลาเช้าตรู่ นาโอโกะ ภรรยาของเฮสึเกะ กับโมนามิ ลูกสาวคนเดียวของครอบครัว อยู่ในรถมรณะคันนั้นด้วย นาโอโกะใช้ตัวบังปกป้องลูกสาวจนบาดเจ็บสาหัส และเสียชีวิตในเวลาต่อมา เคราะห์ดีที่โมนามิปลอดภัยไร้รอยขีดข่วน
ทว่าสิ่งที่โมนามิพูดกับเฮสึเกะหลังจากฟื้นคืนสติคือ “นี่ฉันเอง…นาโอโกะ”
ในร่างของลูกสาววัยหัวเลี้ยวหัวต่อมีจิตวิญญาณของแม่…ของภรรยา เรื่องราวปาฏิหาริย์ที่ยากจะอธิบายให้ผู้ใดเข้าใจ ทั้งสองจึงต้องเก็บไว้เป็นความลับและปรับตัวกับชีวิตครอบครัวในสมการใหม่ นาโอโกะต้องสวมบทบาทกลับไปใช้ชีวิตแบบเด็กน้อยวัยเรียนอีกครั้งขณะที่พยายามทำหน้าที่ภรรยาไปด้วย ความสัมพันธ์ของคู่สามีภรรยาที่ตกอยู่ในเงื่อนไขแปลกประหลาดเช่นนี้ ทำให้เฮสึเกะชักไม่แน่ใจเสียแล้วว่าตนเองเสียลูกหรือภรรยาไปกันแน่
ระหว่างนั้นเฮสึเกะก็เข้าไปพัวพันกับ “ความลับ” ของอีกครอบครัวหนึ่งโดยไม่ทันตั้งตัว นั่นคือครอบครัวของคนขับรถบัสที่ทำให้อุบัติเหตุครั้งนี้เกิดขึ้น ยิ่งค่อย ๆ สืบสาวหาต้นตอของอุบัติเหตุ เบื้องหลังอันหม่นเศร้าก็ค่อย ๆ เผย
ขณะที่ผู้คนที่ยังอยู่ใช้ชีวิตโดยเก็บงำความลับซ้อนทับโยงใย จะเป็นไปได้หรือไม่ที่คนที่จากไป…เจ้าของร่างที่แท้จริงจะกลับมา
ผลงานที่คว้ารางวัลจากสมาคมนักเขียนเรื่องสืบสวนสอบสวนญี่่ปุ่นเมื่อปี 1998 กลับมาให้ผู้อ่านร่วมไขความลับหักมุมอีกครั้ง
416 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1998
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About the author
Keigo Higashino
192 books8,283 followersAssociated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
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June 19, 2023
A wonderfully original plot that is classified as a mystery, although the reader may think the story is more of science fiction or fantasy, or even a psychological thriller than it is a mystery. Until the end of the book. It’s also a very moving story.
I'm not giving away anything that we don’t know from the blurbs: a mother (Naoko) and daughter (Monami), on the way to visit relatives, are involved in a horrific bus accident. The mother is killed but her daughter, about age 12, survives under her mother's body in the snow.
Naoko was happily married and her husband, Heisuke, is devastated. When the girl comes out of a coma, her mother's consciousness has transferred itself into her brain. So the husband finds that he has a 12-year-old daughter who has all the memories and the intelligence of his mid-30s wife.
They decide to keep this transference of consciousness secret. Who will believe them? People will think they're nuts.
With the consciousness of an adult woman, Naoko has her hands full pretending to be a 12-year-old girl. She is constantly raising the eyebrows of neighbors and teachers as she desperately tries to remember to act like a 12-year-old girl. She can’t even remember her best friends’ names at school. She keeps slipping up and calling her Dad by his first name.
The husband is traumatized too. What do they call each other? He constantly has to remember that he's talking to his wife but calling her by his daughter's name. He slips up too.
What about the sexual relationship of husband and wife? Well the father is not going to have sex with the body of his 12-year-old daughter, is he? But what will he do? Take a new wife? Find a woman friend? Go to prostitutes? What does Naoko think of those options? What happens as the story progresses and Naoko is 18?
How about Naoko? She has all the feelings of an adult woman. What is she supposed to do?
We follow the couple for about 6 years as far as Naoko finishing high school and getting ready for college. She's an attractive young woman. Guys call her on the phone and we enter a new phase of the story with Heisuke’s jealousy. Where is this all going?
We have some other themes embedded in the story, such as here is a woman who has been given an opportunity for a second chance at life -- to relive her life and start all over again and go on new paths.
So, back to our mystery. As I say, yes, strange doings, but the reader may still be wondering at this point, why is this book called a mystery? Maybe the mystery is will the daughter snap out of it and then become herself again? Or should we say will the wife snap out of it and...what? Die? They do reach a solution and we learn the mystery on the very last few pages of the book. A neat trick.
The author (b. 1958) is a very versatile writer. GR tells us that “Keigo Higashino is one of the most popular and biggest-selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.” Twenty of his stories have been made into movies or TV series in Japan.
I have previously read, or should I say tried to read, one of his best-sellers in English, The Namiya General Store, which I gave up considering it, rightly or wrongly, a young adult book. And then I read his Midsummers Equation, which was a detective murder mystery but with a bit of a young adult flavor too because the main character spends a lot of time with the young boy doing science experiments that help solve the mystery.
In any case he is an excellent writer and I like the originality of this plot enough to give this one a '5.'
Top photo of Kyoto from masterstudies.com
The author from babelio.com
[Revised 6/19/23]
I'm not giving away anything that we don’t know from the blurbs: a mother (Naoko) and daughter (Monami), on the way to visit relatives, are involved in a horrific bus accident. The mother is killed but her daughter, about age 12, survives under her mother's body in the snow.
Naoko was happily married and her husband, Heisuke, is devastated. When the girl comes out of a coma, her mother's consciousness has transferred itself into her brain. So the husband finds that he has a 12-year-old daughter who has all the memories and the intelligence of his mid-30s wife.
They decide to keep this transference of consciousness secret. Who will believe them? People will think they're nuts.
With the consciousness of an adult woman, Naoko has her hands full pretending to be a 12-year-old girl. She is constantly raising the eyebrows of neighbors and teachers as she desperately tries to remember to act like a 12-year-old girl. She can’t even remember her best friends’ names at school. She keeps slipping up and calling her Dad by his first name.
The husband is traumatized too. What do they call each other? He constantly has to remember that he's talking to his wife but calling her by his daughter's name. He slips up too.
What about the sexual relationship of husband and wife? Well the father is not going to have sex with the body of his 12-year-old daughter, is he? But what will he do? Take a new wife? Find a woman friend? Go to prostitutes? What does Naoko think of those options? What happens as the story progresses and Naoko is 18?
How about Naoko? She has all the feelings of an adult woman. What is she supposed to do?
We follow the couple for about 6 years as far as Naoko finishing high school and getting ready for college. She's an attractive young woman. Guys call her on the phone and we enter a new phase of the story with Heisuke’s jealousy. Where is this all going?
We have some other themes embedded in the story, such as here is a woman who has been given an opportunity for a second chance at life -- to relive her life and start all over again and go on new paths.
So, back to our mystery. As I say, yes, strange doings, but the reader may still be wondering at this point, why is this book called a mystery? Maybe the mystery is will the daughter snap out of it and then become herself again? Or should we say will the wife snap out of it and...what? Die? They do reach a solution and we learn the mystery on the very last few pages of the book. A neat trick.
The author (b. 1958) is a very versatile writer. GR tells us that “Keigo Higashino is one of the most popular and biggest-selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.” Twenty of his stories have been made into movies or TV series in Japan.
I have previously read, or should I say tried to read, one of his best-sellers in English, The Namiya General Store, which I gave up considering it, rightly or wrongly, a young adult book. And then I read his Midsummers Equation, which was a detective murder mystery but with a bit of a young adult flavor too because the main character spends a lot of time with the young boy doing science experiments that help solve the mystery.
In any case he is an excellent writer and I like the originality of this plot enough to give this one a '5.'
Top photo of Kyoto from masterstudies.com
The author from babelio.com
[Revised 6/19/23]
March 28, 2018
Quyển này khá hay, nhưng không nên đọc. Những bạn sống bằng năng lượng tích cực không nên đọc quyển này!!!
Đây là truyện éo le cây me nhất mình từng xem. Đánh giá 2 sao không phải bởi nội dung hay kết cấu truyện dở tệ (ngược lại, quyển này rất lôi cuốn, bố cục kết nối đan xen các thứ rất mượt) mà do ý nghĩa nhân sinh của truyện này làm mình cảm thấy ghê tởm.
Cực kỳ ghê tởm.
Cũng là câu chuyện điều kỳ diệu diễn ra, nhưng đối lập hoàn toàn với quyển Tiệm tạp hóa Namiya, điều kỳ diệu ở quyển này mang đến những diễn biến tổi tệ, suy nghĩ tiêu cực, làm khổ cả một cuộc đời của nhân vật chính.
Niềm tin và cảm xúc của mình khi đọc quyển này giống như khi đang đi tàu lượn siêu tốc từ thế giới yên bình xuống địa ngục tăm tối vậy, đọc xong chỉ muốn ném sách xuống mà chửi thề thôi =.="
Đây là truyện éo le cây me nhất mình từng xem. Đánh giá 2 sao không phải bởi nội dung hay kết cấu truyện dở tệ (ngược lại, quyển này rất lôi cuốn, bố cục kết nối đan xen các thứ rất mượt) mà do ý nghĩa nhân sinh của truyện này làm mình cảm thấy ghê tởm.
Cực kỳ ghê tởm.
Cũng là câu chuyện điều kỳ diệu diễn ra, nhưng đối lập hoàn toàn với quyển Tiệm tạp hóa Namiya, điều kỳ diệu ở quyển này mang đến những diễn biến tổi tệ, suy nghĩ tiêu cực, làm khổ cả một cuộc đời của nhân vật chính.
Niềm tin và cảm xúc của mình khi đọc quyển này giống như khi đang đi tàu lượn siêu tốc từ thế giới yên bình xuống địa ngục tăm tối vậy, đọc xong chỉ muốn ném sách xuống mà chửi thề thôi =.="
April 29, 2019
Cảm thấy như vừa đi tàu lượn siêu tốc xong ấy: shock + chóng mặt + hoang mang tột cùng
Do trước đó đọc Phía sau nghi can X nên cứ mặc định Bí mật của Naoko cũng sẽ mang nhiều tính trinh thám lắt léo cân não như vậy. Nhưng mà éo có phải. Phải nói là cuốn này đọc còn mệt não hơn í chứ >'"<
Thường hay đọc, các nhân vật chính mà tác giả không gọi bằng tên mà cứ "gã gã gã" thì hẳn là nhân vật đó cuối cùng cũng dính liền với cái kết buồn bã nào đó, kiểu không chết thì cũng bị thương...
Naoko: nhân vật chả biết đáng thương hay đáng giận hay cả 2?! Đối với nhân vật này, cảm xúc dành cho Naoko của tui xoay chuyển nhanh như chong chóng...mới thấy thương ơi thương đây rồi lại đâm ra giận ơi giận. Đôi khi nhân vật này rất hi sinh nhưng đôi khi cũng lại rất ích kỉ. Cái bối cảnh mà tác giả đặt nhân vật này vào cũng kì lạ, ai chả một lần muốn được sống lại thời thanh xuân, thực hiện lại những ước vọng bản thân đã bỏ lỡ...nhưng tui có cảm giác khi sống lại cái thời thanh xuân đó, tình cảm dành cho "gã" cũng thay đổi theo từng diễn biến xảy ra trong cuộc sống của cô nữ sinh đang trải qua giai đoạn đẹp nhất, tươi non nhất đời người.
Hirasuke: chả hiểu sao nhân vật này làm tui thấy đáng thương từ đầu đến cuối. Khác với nhân vật chính trong Phía sau nghi can X, cái đau khổ của Hirasuke kéo dài đằng đẵng trong nhiều năm trời, cái giằng xé của một người làm chồng không thể được thỏa mãn về cả mặt thể xác và tinh thần. Một người không thể giải quyết nhu cầu tình dục bên ngoài, cũng không thể có quan hệ xác thịt với người vợ nay nằm trong thể xác con gái gã. Một người đàn ông ghen tuông nhưng luôn nhắc bản thân không được ích kỉ, luôn nhắc bản thân phải thông cảm và thấu hiểu, luôn sống trong sự giằng xé và cảm giác bất lực vì chẳng biết mình nên làm một người chồng hay một người cha, đang làm một người chồng hay một người cha. Cuối cùng cái kết tưởng HE lại hóa ra là một sự đau khổ tiếp tục kéo dài, có lẽ đến cuối đời cho cả 2 nhân vật chính.
Cá nhân tui thích người đàn ông này. Có một chút nhu nhược, ích kỉ và đáng thương nhưng lại đầy dũng cảm và cao cả. Một nhân vật quá phức tạp được đặt trong một hoàn cảnh vô cùng phức tạp.
Các tuyến nhân vật phụ khác cũng được xây dựng khá là ổn, kiểu như đừng đánh giá người khác qua bề ngoài khi chưa biết được hết câu chuyện của họ. Mỗi nhân vật tựu chung lại cũng không thể đánh giá tốt hay xấu. Chỉ có cái xã hội mà họ sống trong đó được xây dựng từ những cái xấu nhiều hơn cái tốt, nên dẫn đến những hệ quả đau lòng.
Cuối cùng ở đâu đó, qua tất cả, Naoko và Hirasuke vẫn dành cho nhau tình yêu, sự hi sinh vì nhau lặng thầm không muốn đối phương biết được mà nặng lòng. Tuy vậy, với một cái kết thế này, vẫn thấy tác giả ác quá ác, tàn nhẫn vô tâm, làm tổn thương biệt bao nhiêu trái tim yếu đuối ~.~
Đang cân nhắc xem có nên đọc tiếp Bạch dạ hành không đây @.@
Do trước đó đọc Phía sau nghi can X nên cứ mặc định Bí mật của Naoko cũng sẽ mang nhiều tính trinh thám lắt léo cân não như vậy. Nhưng mà éo có phải. Phải nói là cuốn này đọc còn mệt não hơn í chứ >'"<
Thường hay đọc, các nhân vật chính mà tác giả không gọi bằng tên mà cứ "gã gã gã" thì hẳn là nhân vật đó cuối cùng cũng dính liền với cái kết buồn bã nào đó, kiểu không chết thì cũng bị thương...
Naoko: nhân vật chả biết đáng thương hay đáng giận hay cả 2?! Đối với nhân vật này, cảm xúc dành cho Naoko của tui xoay chuyển nhanh như chong chóng...mới thấy thương ơi thương đây rồi lại đâm ra giận ơi giận. Đôi khi nhân vật này rất hi sinh nhưng đôi khi cũng lại rất ích kỉ. Cái bối cảnh mà tác giả đặt nhân vật này vào cũng kì lạ, ai chả một lần muốn được sống lại thời thanh xuân, thực hiện lại những ước vọng bản thân đã bỏ lỡ...nhưng tui có cảm giác khi sống lại cái thời thanh xuân đó, tình cảm dành cho "gã" cũng thay đổi theo từng diễn biến xảy ra trong cuộc sống của cô nữ sinh đang trải qua giai đoạn đẹp nhất, tươi non nhất đời người.
Hirasuke: chả hiểu sao nhân vật này làm tui thấy đáng thương từ đầu đến cuối. Khác với nhân vật chính trong Phía sau nghi can X, cái đau khổ của Hirasuke kéo dài đằng đẵng trong nhiều năm trời, cái giằng xé của một người làm chồng không thể được thỏa mãn về cả mặt thể xác và tinh thần. Một người không thể giải quyết nhu cầu tình dục bên ngoài, cũng không thể có quan hệ xác thịt với người vợ nay nằm trong thể xác con gái gã. Một người đàn ông ghen tuông nhưng luôn nhắc bản thân không được ích kỉ, luôn nhắc bản thân phải thông cảm và thấu hiểu, luôn sống trong sự giằng xé và cảm giác bất lực vì chẳng biết mình nên làm một người chồng hay một người cha, đang làm một người chồng hay một người cha. Cuối cùng cái kết tưởng HE lại hóa ra là một sự đau khổ tiếp tục kéo dài, có lẽ đến cuối đời cho cả 2 nhân vật chính.
Cá nhân tui thích người đàn ông này. Có một chút nhu nhược, ích kỉ và đáng thương nhưng lại đầy dũng cảm và cao cả. Một nhân vật quá phức tạp được đặt trong một hoàn cảnh vô cùng phức tạp.
Các tuyến nhân vật phụ khác cũng được xây dựng khá là ổn, kiểu như đừng đánh giá người khác qua bề ngoài khi chưa biết được hết câu chuyện của họ. Mỗi nhân vật tựu chung lại cũng không thể đánh giá tốt hay xấu. Chỉ có cái xã hội mà họ sống trong đó được xây dựng từ những cái xấu nhiều hơn cái tốt, nên dẫn đến những hệ quả đau lòng.
Cuối cùng ở đâu đó, qua tất cả, Naoko và Hirasuke vẫn dành cho nhau tình yêu, sự hi sinh vì nhau lặng thầm không muốn đối phương biết được mà nặng lòng. Tuy vậy, với một cái kết thế này, vẫn thấy tác giả ác quá ác, tàn nhẫn vô tâm, làm tổn thương biệt bao nhiêu trái tim yếu đuối ~.~
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August 25, 2012I love Higashino's writing. With that said, this book I found disturbing. The premise is that Heisuke Sugita, a loving husband and father whose world rotates around family, turns on the television to hear of a horrible bus accident, a bus that his beloved family was on. His wife died protecting her daughter. The daughter lies sleeping in a deep coma.
When Monami, his daughter, awakens the spirit and mind of the mother, Naoko, resides in her daughter's body. I can't go into too much detail concerning the plot as it would be a spoiler! Higashino's writing is the most plot driven I've read. Suffice it to say that the tale of this Japanese family becomes stranger and stranger. Heisuke believes his wife lives on in his daughter. Monami cooks for her father/husband. All of his favorite dishes are prepared just as Naoko did. She has long conversation with him as he refers to her by the wife's name. In many ways it's as if he has lost neither his wife or daughter.
Heisuke becomes more and more obsessed with his daughter's personal life, her friends and her plans for the future. At one point Monami speaking through her daughter's mouth bemoans the situation of Japanese women.
"Even if she [a wife] comes to dislike her husband - and don't misunderstand me, I'm just speaking hypothetically - even if she doesn't want to be with him anymore, she can't leave because her future would be uncertain."
These words trouble Heisuke leading him to watch his daughter more closely than ever. A weird jealousy develops in the husband/father.
Higashino's one of my favorite authors, but this particular novel disturbed me. I thought about the line from Shakespeare's Hamlet when Horatio says after the ghost of Hamlet's father speaks. "Oh day and night, but this is wondrous strange." Wondrous strange is an apt description for what occurs. Although I admire and will rave about Higashino's work, I would not recommend this one. It makes for a twisted tale edging too close to bizarre for my taste.
Naoko for some would be a thoughtful commentary on a woman's role in Japan with intelligent insight into what choices a person might make if given the chance to relive life with the knowledge of the limitations of traditional choices imposes.
When Monami, his daughter, awakens the spirit and mind of the mother, Naoko, resides in her daughter's body. I can't go into too much detail concerning the plot as it would be a spoiler! Higashino's writing is the most plot driven I've read. Suffice it to say that the tale of this Japanese family becomes stranger and stranger. Heisuke believes his wife lives on in his daughter. Monami cooks for her father/husband. All of his favorite dishes are prepared just as Naoko did. She has long conversation with him as he refers to her by the wife's name. In many ways it's as if he has lost neither his wife or daughter.
Heisuke becomes more and more obsessed with his daughter's personal life, her friends and her plans for the future. At one point Monami speaking through her daughter's mouth bemoans the situation of Japanese women.
"Even if she [a wife] comes to dislike her husband - and don't misunderstand me, I'm just speaking hypothetically - even if she doesn't want to be with him anymore, she can't leave because her future would be uncertain."
These words trouble Heisuke leading him to watch his daughter more closely than ever. A weird jealousy develops in the husband/father.
Higashino's one of my favorite authors, but this particular novel disturbed me. I thought about the line from Shakespeare's Hamlet when Horatio says after the ghost of Hamlet's father speaks. "Oh day and night, but this is wondrous strange." Wondrous strange is an apt description for what occurs. Although I admire and will rave about Higashino's work, I would not recommend this one. It makes for a twisted tale edging too close to bizarre for my taste.
Naoko for some would be a thoughtful commentary on a woman's role in Japan with intelligent insight into what choices a person might make if given the chance to relive life with the knowledge of the limitations of traditional choices imposes.
May 1, 2013
Wow. This was a roller coaster. I read this in one sitting and while it kept me flipping the pages, I couldn't give it 5 stars because I feel emotionally battered now.
November 5, 2021
The moment I finished 'Devotion of Suspect X', I ordered this book from Amazon as no bookstores in Malaysia had this book. And just as I did with Suspect X, I finished this in 2 days. All reviews talk about how the spirit of the mother lives in the body of her daughter after the fatal accident. But that is just the tip-of-the-iceberg. This book is really about how the husband adapts to life after the accident, how he struggles with the confusion of whether he's a husband, or a father. "Did I lose a wife, or did I lose a daughter?" What I like about the book is how the Father's actions are so believable in an unbelievable situation, if you like and understand Asian culture, that is. And of course, I'm a sucker for heart-wrenching endings. At the end of the book, I simply had to walk out and take a deep breath. And this simply places itself up on top along with "Devotion of Suspect X". Respect, Keigo Higashino. Gimme more!
August 29, 2022
Đúng là chuyện của Keigo bao giờ cũng có twist, không bao giờ câu chuyện có thể kết thúc một cách đơn giản và nhẹ nhàng được huhu. Đọc xong cảm thấy nặng lòng thiệt sự.
Spoil nhẹ:
Nhiều người trách Naoko ích kỷ nhưng mình thấy cách giải quyết như vậy đúng là một lối thoái nhẹ nhàng cho tình thế khó xử đó í chứ.
Spoil nhẹ:
Nhiều người trách Naoko ích kỷ nhưng mình thấy cách giải quyết như vậy đúng là một lối thoái nhẹ nhàng cho tình thế khó xử đó í chứ.
April 13, 2019
เรื่องราวของครอบครัวที่ดูธรรมดา แต่เปิดเรื่องด้วยปมที่เหนือธรรมชาติ
“นาโอโกะ” และลูกสาวประสบ���ุบัติเหตุ
ร่างที่ยับเยินจวนเสียชีวิตคือแม่ ส่วนลูกสาวร่างกายภายนอกไม่บอบช้ำ แต่สมองกลับถูกทำลาย
เมื่อแม่จากไป ลูกสาวที่ฟื้นขึ้นมากลับกลายเป็นแม่ที่อาศัยร่างของลูกสาว
1 คนรอด อีก 1 คนเสียชีวิต…
ชีวิตดำเนินต่อไป และแน่นอนว่า “นาโอโกะ” ในร่างของ “โมนามิ” วัยประถมปลาย ก็เติบโตตามประสาวัยรุ่นทั้งกายและใจ
แรกๆ ก็ดูจะเป็นไปได้ด้วยดี
แต่นานวันเข้า เธอไม่เหมือนเดิมอีกต่อไป
เพราะสภาพแวดล้อมของชีวิตวัยรุ่นได้หล่อหลอมเด็กสาวให้เติบโตมาเป็นผู้หญิง มันเป็นคนละแบบกับที่ “นาโอโกะ” เคยเป็น
ทุกวันที่ผ่านไป ระยะห่างระหว่าง “เขา” กับ “เธอ” มากขึ้นๆ
สำหรับ “เขา” ผู้หญิงตรงหน้าจะเป็นลูกก็ไม่ใช่ เป็นภรรยาก็ไม่เชิง
1 คนรอด อีก 1 คนเสียชีวิต
แต่เขา เสียเธอไปทั้งสองคน
ถูก Keigo Higashino เล่นงานเข้าอีกแล้ว
ผูกปมด้วยปาฏิหาริย์ดาดๆ ที่เจอกันเกลื่อนคือสลับร่าง สลับวิญญาณ
แต่กลับใช้ magic สไตล์ Keigo มาเดินเรื่องตามพล็อตได้จับใจ
แค่เล่าการใช้ชีวิตที่ดำเนินไปแต่ละวันตามแบบคนธรรมดาสามัญ แต่กลับบีบคั้นอารมณ์คนอ่านได้ดีจริงๆ
เรียกได้ว่าความปกติสามัญ กลายเป็นความซับซ้อนยุ่งยาก
อ่านแล้วสะเทือนใจชายวัยกลางคน
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างพ่อกับลูกสาวว่ายุ่งยากแล้ว แต่นี่ดันเป็นลูกสาวที่มีวิญญาณภรรยาอยู่ยิ่งหนักเลย
อยากจะคาดเดาตอนจบ แต่ก็ไม่กล้า กลัวใจสลาย
แน่นอนว่าตอนท้ายเล่มมีพล็อตเจ๋งๆ โผล่ออกมาให้ตื่นตา และวางตอนจบไว้ให้ความรู้สึกเหมือนถูกตีหัวด้วยไม้เบสบอล
มันมึนงง และเจ็บปวด
“…ฉันคิดว่าผู้หญิงที่ยืนบนขาของตัวเองได้ สามารถเป็นแม่บ้านได้อยู่แล้วไม่มีปัญหา สิ่งที่ฉันไม่ชอบคือ การที่ผู้หญิงไม่อาจยืนบนขาตัวเองได้ เลยต้องลงเอยด้วยการทนเป็นแม่บ้านอย่างไม่มีทางเลือกต่างหาก…”
เมื่อมองย้อนกลับไปทั้งเล่ม เห็นได้ชัดเลยว่าผู้เขียนเล่นกับปมทางสังคมระดับครอบครัว และปัจเจกของญี่ปุ่น
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสามีภรรยา ที่ดูเหมือนจะง่อนแง่นตามสไตล์ญี่ปุ่น
และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างพ่อ กับลูกสาว ที่นับวันก็จะยิ่งกลายเป็น "คนอื่น"
มีประโยคหนึ่งที่มันบาดใจ คือลูกสาวที่เข้าสู่วัยรุ่นเป็นวัยที่จะเริ่ม "เกลียดพ่อ"
เป็นความเป็นจริงที่แสนจะเจ็บปวด
แต่ก็นั่นแหละ คงต้องขอยืมคำพูดของ "เขา" มาเป็นเครื่องปลอบประโลมใจ
“ไม่เป็นอะไรหรอก… แค่ฤดูกาลหนึ่งจบลงแล้วเท่านั้น”
“นาโอโกะ” และลูกสาวประสบ���ุบัติเหตุ
ร่างที่ยับเยินจวนเสียชีวิตคือแม่ ส่วนลูกสาวร่างกายภายนอกไม่บอบช้ำ แต่สมองกลับถูกทำลาย
เมื่อแม่จากไป ลูกสาวที่ฟื้นขึ้นมากลับกลายเป็นแม่ที่อาศัยร่างของลูกสาว
1 คนรอด อีก 1 คนเสียชีวิต…
ชีวิตดำเนินต่อไป และแน่นอนว่า “นาโอโกะ” ในร่างของ “โมนามิ” วัยประถมปลาย ก็เติบโตตามประสาวัยรุ่นทั้งกายและใจ
แรกๆ ก็ดูจะเป็นไปได้ด้วยดี
แต่นานวันเข้า เธอไม่เหมือนเดิมอีกต่อไป
เพราะสภาพแวดล้อมของชีวิตวัยรุ่นได้หล่อหลอมเด็กสาวให้เติบโตมาเป็นผู้หญิง มันเป็นคนละแบบกับที่ “นาโอโกะ” เคยเป็น
ทุกวันที่ผ่านไป ระยะห่างระหว่าง “เขา” กับ “เธอ” มากขึ้นๆ
สำหรับ “เขา” ผู้หญิงตรงหน้าจะเป็นลูกก็ไม่ใช่ เป็นภรรยาก็ไม่เชิง
1 คนรอด อีก 1 คนเสียชีวิต
แต่เขา เสียเธอไปทั้งสองคน
ถูก Keigo Higashino เล่นงานเข้าอีกแล้ว
ผูกปมด้วยปาฏิหาริย์ดาดๆ ที่เจอกันเกลื่อนคือสลับร่าง สลับวิญญาณ
แต่กลับใช้ magic สไตล์ Keigo มาเดินเรื่องตามพล็อตได้จับใจ
แค่เล่าการใช้ชีวิตที่ดำเนินไปแต่ละวันตามแบบคนธรรมดาสามัญ แต่กลับบีบคั้นอารมณ์คนอ่านได้ดีจริงๆ
เรียกได้ว่าความปกติสามัญ กลายเป็นความซับซ้อนยุ่งยาก
อ่านแล้วสะเทือนใจชายวัยกลางคน
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างพ่อกับลูกสาวว่ายุ่งยากแล้ว แต่นี่ดันเป็นลูกสาวที่มีวิญญาณภรรยาอยู่ยิ่งหนักเลย
อยากจะคาดเดาตอนจบ แต่ก็ไม่กล้า กลัวใจสลาย
แน่นอนว่าตอนท้ายเล่มมีพล็อตเจ๋งๆ โผล่ออกมาให้ตื่นตา และวางตอนจบไว้ให้ความรู้สึกเหมือนถูกตีหัวด้วยไม้เบสบอล
มันมึนงง และเจ็บปวด
“…ฉันคิดว่าผู้หญิงที่ยืนบนขาของตัวเองได้ สามารถเป็นแม่บ้านได้อยู่แล้วไม่มีปัญหา สิ่งที่ฉันไม่ชอบคือ การที่ผู้หญิงไม่อาจยืนบนขาตัวเองได้ เลยต้องลงเอยด้วยการทนเป็นแม่บ้านอย่างไม่มีทางเลือกต่างหาก…”
เมื่อมองย้อนกลับไปทั้งเล่ม เห็นได้ชัดเลยว่าผู้เขียนเล่นกับปมทางสังคมระดับครอบครัว และปัจเจกของญี่ปุ่น
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสามีภรรยา ที่ดูเหมือนจะง่อนแง่นตามสไตล์ญี่ปุ่น
และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างพ่อ กับลูกสาว ที่นับวันก็จะยิ่งกลายเป็น "คนอื่น"
มีประโยคหนึ่งที่มันบาดใจ คือลูกสาวที่เข้าสู่วัยรุ่นเป็นวัยที่จะเริ่ม "เกลียดพ่อ"
เป็นความเป็นจริงที่แสนจะเจ็บปวด
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August 3, 2019
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May quá ko đứa nào phải làm chó cả. Cuộc sống mà 🙄
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June 21, 2019
อ่านจบแล้ว เศร้าๆ หน่วงๆอึนๆ แฮะ
เรื่องนี้ไม่ได้เป็นนิยายสืบสวนฆาตกรรมใดๆ ดราม่าบวกเหนือธรรมชาติล้วนๆ
เฮซึเกะผู้สูญเสียร่างของภรรยาชื่อนาโอโกะไปในอุบัติเหตุ แต่วิญญาณของภรรยากลับมาตื่นในร่างโมนามิ ลูกสาวอายุ 11 ปีที่ประสบอุบัติเหตุพร้อมกันนั่นเอง ซึ่งไม่ใช่โรคสองบุคลิกภาพเพราะมีความลับบางอย่างที่รู้กันเพียงสามีภรรยา วิญญาณของนาโอโกะกลับมาจริงๆ
การใช้ชีวิตร่วมกันเริ่มยากลำบากเมื่อร่างเป็นเด็กแต่จิตใจเป็นผู้ใหญ่ นาโอโกะผู้ต้องสูญเสียลูกสาว แถมยังต้องเริ่มต้นชีวิตใหม่ในร่างนาโอมิ แต่กลับบ้านมายังเป็นนาโอโกะคนเดิมที่ใช้ชีวิตเป็นแม่บ้านมาตลอด เฮซึเกะก็ลำบากใจเพราะไม่สามารถใช้ชีวิตคู่ปกติได้
เวลาผ่านไป ร่างของโมนามิเริ่มโต นาโอโกะมีสังคมใหม่ มีเพื่อนใหม่ มีชีวิตใหม่ ในขณะที่เฮซึเกะยังยึดติดกับอดีตและนาโอโกะ ไม่ยอมเริ่มต้นชีวิตใหม่ ทำให้ระยะห่างของทั้งสองมากขึ้นเรื่อยๆ จนวันหนึ่งเกิดเรื่องทะเลาะกันแตกหักจนวิญญาณของโมนามิกลับมาสลับกับนาโอโกะ สุดท้ายวิญญาณนาโอโกะค่อยๆหายไปในที่สุด เฮซึเกะแม้จะเศร้าที่สูญเสียภรรยาไปตลอดกาล แต่ก็ดีใจที่ได้ลูกสาวกลับคืนมา
ชีวิตพ่อหม้ายลูกติดเหมือนจะ happy ending จนในวันแต่งงานของโมนามิ เขาบังเอิญได้รู้ความจริงว่านาโอโกะไม่เคยไปไหนแต่เปลี่ยนตัวเองเป็นโมนามิเพื่อให้เฮซึเกะลืมนาโอโกะได้ซะที ฮาซึเกะเข้าใจจุดประสงค์ภรรยาดีจึงตัดสินใจเก็บเรื่องนี้ไว้เป็นความลับตลอดกาล
นึกไม่ออกเลยว่าใครจะเศร้ากว่ากัน
เรื่องนี้ไม่ได้เป็นนิยายสืบสวนฆาตกรรมใดๆ ดราม่าบวกเหนือธรรมชาติล้วนๆ
เฮซึเกะผู้สูญเสียร่างของภรรยาชื่อนาโอโกะไปในอุบัติเหตุ แต่วิญญาณของภรรยากลับมาตื่นในร่างโมนามิ ลูกสาวอายุ 11 ปีที่ประสบอุบัติเหตุพร้อมกันนั่นเอง ซึ่งไม่ใช่โรคสองบุคลิกภาพเพราะมีความลับบางอย่างที่รู้กันเพียงสามีภรรยา วิญญาณของนาโอโกะกลับมาจริงๆ
การใช้ชีวิตร่วมกันเริ่มยากลำบากเมื่อร่างเป็นเด็กแต่จิตใจเป็นผู้ใหญ่ นาโอโกะผู้ต้องสูญเสียลูกสาว แถมยังต้องเริ่มต้นชีวิตใหม่ในร่างนาโอมิ แต่กลับบ้านมายังเป็นนาโอโกะคนเดิมที่ใช้ชีวิตเป็นแม่บ้านมาตลอด เฮซึเกะก็ลำบากใจเพราะไม่สามารถใช้ชีวิตคู่ปกติได้
เวลาผ่านไป ร่างของโมนามิเริ่มโต นาโอโกะมีสังคมใหม่ มีเพื่อนใหม่ มีชีวิตใหม่ ในขณะที่เฮซึเกะยังยึดติดกับอดีตและนาโอโกะ ไม่ยอมเริ่มต้นชีวิตใหม่ ทำให้ระยะห่างของทั้งสองมากขึ้นเรื่อยๆ จนวันหนึ่งเกิดเรื่องทะเลาะกันแตกหักจนวิญญาณของโมนามิกลับมาสลับกับนาโอโกะ สุดท้ายวิญญาณนาโอโกะค่อยๆหายไปในที่สุด เฮซึเกะแม้จะเศร้าที่สูญเสียภรรยาไปตลอดกาล แต่ก็ดีใจที่ได้ลูกสาวกลับคืนมา
ชีวิตพ่อหม้ายลูกติดเหมือนจะ happy ending จนในวันแต่งงานของโมนามิ เขาบังเอิญได้รู้ความจริงว่านาโอโกะไม่เคยไปไหนแต่เปลี่ยนตัวเองเป็นโมนามิเพื่อให้เฮซึเกะลืมนาโอโกะได้ซะที ฮาซึเกะเข้าใจจุดประสงค์ภรรยาดีจึงตัดสินใจเก็บเรื่องนี้ไว้เป็นความลับตลอดกาล
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This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2015
This is a 4.7 review.
Also, SPOILERS ARE A - COMING.
Honestly, should I be surprised that Keigo Higashino, the man responsible for Malice, a.k.a the Second Greatest Mindf**k of 2014, shocked me into a stupor when I finished Naoko?
No, I really shouldn't have.
But was I? Heck yes, I was! I mean Higashino weaved that story like a puzzle box that somehow became a gremlin. And it made sense!
Naoko is about a man, Heisuke, whose wife and daughter are in a horrendous bus accident. Now, his wife, Naoko, supposedly dies leaving his daughter, Monami, in a coma. The weirdness happens after she wakes up...as Naoko.
Thus, begins the weirdest 5 year journey between Heisuke and Naoko as they try to keep their relationship but keep up pretenses of how their father/daughter relationship is supposed to be. However, one day Monami wakes up as herself and the dynamic shifts. Will it ever be the same again?
I have to give it to Higashino. In a less experienced author's hands, this story had the potential to be very perverted and sappy. Instead, Naoko showed the characters as realistic in THAT type as you can possibly be. Heisuke was shown to be in an emotional stasis as he considered Naoko to be his wife. He was faithful to her. However, his paranoia and resentment of losing her was logical and sad. In some cases, I expect it's similar to the feelings patents feel when they have to let their children grow up and be an adult. It was very hard for him to let go.
Naoko, man, was she a doozy. She was the typical housewife but being in Monami's body changed the game. She got a do-over and she took advantage of it. As soon as she saw she couldn't be Heisuke's wife anymore, she became his daughter. She excelled in school and sports with the goal of going into medical school which she wound up doing. In my opinion, I don't think Naoko hated her previous life while she was living it but when she started living Monami's, she felt that she settled and should have been more.
I could feel for her, especially since Heisuke wanted to keep her static along with him. However, that changed when it turned out Naoko straight up lied and will keep lying as long as she lives. It takes a certain kind of evil manipulation to pretend your daughter comes back in intervals while you slowly disappear until you're finally "gone." But Naoko was never really gone and that nearly killed me along with Heisuke! That was cold and I absolutely loved it. I thought it was zigging and it zagged right off a cliff.
Bravo, Keigo Higashino, Bravo!
Also, SPOILERS ARE A - COMING.
Honestly, should I be surprised that Keigo Higashino, the man responsible for Malice, a.k.a the Second Greatest Mindf**k of 2014, shocked me into a stupor when I finished Naoko?
No, I really shouldn't have.
But was I? Heck yes, I was! I mean Higashino weaved that story like a puzzle box that somehow became a gremlin. And it made sense!
Naoko is about a man, Heisuke, whose wife and daughter are in a horrendous bus accident. Now, his wife, Naoko, supposedly dies leaving his daughter, Monami, in a coma. The weirdness happens after she wakes up...as Naoko.
Thus, begins the weirdest 5 year journey between Heisuke and Naoko as they try to keep their relationship but keep up pretenses of how their father/daughter relationship is supposed to be. However, one day Monami wakes up as herself and the dynamic shifts. Will it ever be the same again?
I have to give it to Higashino. In a less experienced author's hands, this story had the potential to be very perverted and sappy. Instead, Naoko showed the characters as realistic in THAT type as you can possibly be. Heisuke was shown to be in an emotional stasis as he considered Naoko to be his wife. He was faithful to her. However, his paranoia and resentment of losing her was logical and sad. In some cases, I expect it's similar to the feelings patents feel when they have to let their children grow up and be an adult. It was very hard for him to let go.
Naoko, man, was she a doozy. She was the typical housewife but being in Monami's body changed the game. She got a do-over and she took advantage of it. As soon as she saw she couldn't be Heisuke's wife anymore, she became his daughter. She excelled in school and sports with the goal of going into medical school which she wound up doing. In my opinion, I don't think Naoko hated her previous life while she was living it but when she started living Monami's, she felt that she settled and should have been more.
I could feel for her, especially since Heisuke wanted to keep her static along with him. However, that changed when it turned out Naoko straight up lied and will keep lying as long as she lives. It takes a certain kind of evil manipulation to pretend your daughter comes back in intervals while you slowly disappear until you're finally "gone." But Naoko was never really gone and that nearly killed me along with Heisuke! That was cold and I absolutely loved it. I thought it was zigging and it zagged right off a cliff.
Bravo, Keigo Higashino, Bravo!
November 9, 2024
অদ্ভুত একটা প্লটকে লেখক বেছে নিয়েছেন এবার। প্রথম দিকে একটু স্লো হলেও ধীরে ধীরে গল্পটা আষ্টেপৃষ্ঠে জড়িয়ে ধরেছিল আমার মনকে। বই শেষ না করে উঠতে পারিনি। পুরোটা সাইকোলজিক্যাল জনরার লেখা। শেষের টুইস্ট টা আমাকে বসে ভাবতে বাধ্য করেছে। বোধ করি এর চেয়ে সুন্দর এবং ঠিকঠাক এন্ডিং কখনো সম্ভব না।
অনুবাদক বর্ষণ হাসান নবীন হলেও অসম্ভব সুন্দর কাজ দেখিয়েছে। অত্যন্ত সাবলীল এবং ঝরঝরে অনুবাদ ছিল। শুভকামনা নতুন অনুবাদককে। আরো কিছু এমন ভালো কাজের অপেক্ষায় থাকব।
অনুবাদক বর্ষণ হাসান নবীন হলেও অসম্ভব সুন্দর কাজ দেখিয়েছে। অত্যন্ত সাবলীল এবং ঝরঝরে অনুবাদ ছিল। শুভকামনা নতুন অনুবাদককে। আরো কিছু এমন ভালো কাজের অপেক্ষায় থাকব।
October 15, 2018
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December 1, 2016
Tối nay hứng chí quá thức nguyên đêm đọc cho xong.
Giọng văn của Keigo rất lôi cuốn, theo một lối tự nhiên kéo mình đi hết cảm xúc này đến cảm xúc khác. :))
Lúc đầu đọc quyển này vì nghĩ nó là trinh thám thuần, đọc xong chỉ biết cười tức tối vì đã bị Keigo lừa 1 cú vô cùng ngọt, lừa mà đến phút chót mới nhận ra mình bị lừa, mà vẫn cam tâm tình nguyện.
Lúc trước có thấy qua 1 review, dòng mở đầu của người ta trích trong truyện "bí mật nằm ở chiếc nhẫn trong con gấu teddy, bí mật nằm trong con gấu teddy". Mình giờ đọc câu đó cứ thấy nó như thần chú ngàn năm.
Thật sự cảm xúc của mình khi đọc xong vô cùng khó tả, một dạng bất ngờ kinh khủng, nhưng như bất ngờ được chấp nhận, ko biết diễn tả sao.
Men theo mạch truyện của Keigo, lúc đầu là hồi hộp, tiếp đến phẫn uất, lo sợ, cảm động, không tin được, bất ngờ. Cuối cùng nhận ra sự cao đẹp lồng vào từng con chữ.
Một tai nạn diễn ra, những số phận được hoán đổi, nhưng liệu sự thật có phải đã hoán đổi.
Sau tai nạn, Hirasuke mất con, hay mất vợ. Monami là Monami, hay Monami là Naoko.
Khi mọi sự bất ngờ lắng xuống, mình thấy xúc động, xúc động về sự chấp nhận nỗi đau, của Hirasuke, và cả của Naoko.
Họ, những người trải qua bao nhiêu thời gian. 9 năm, Hirasuke chấp nhận mất vợ, và cô ấy, Naoko chấp nhận mất chính cả bản thân.
Mình tự hỏi bây giờ nếu buộc mình phải sống cuộc đời của người khác, trong khi mình vẫn chẳng hề mất đi, chắc chắn 1 câu mình không bao giờ làm được. Quên đi chính bản thân + bản ngã mình đã sống hơn 20 năm, quên đì tôi, quên tất cả.
Naoko thật ra không có bí mật, có 1 bí mật cô gom tất cả vào cuối đời vì mong Hirasuke hạnh phúc, để anh không còn vướng bận, để anh thảnh thơi với cuộc sống mới. Chắc nhiều người nghĩ Naoko, à không Monami cũng hạnh phúc, còn bản thân mình chỉ cảm thấy Naoko đang hiện thực hóa câu nói của ông Kijikawa "Vì tôi muốn thấy thằng bé hạnh phúc" hay "Naoko muốn Hirasuke hạnh phúc".
Tự nhiên nghĩ 1 hồi, lại xúc động đến bật khóc vì câu chuyện này.
Giọng văn của Keigo rất lôi cuốn, theo một lối tự nhiên kéo mình đi hết cảm xúc này đến cảm xúc khác. :))
Lúc đầu đọc quyển này vì nghĩ nó là trinh thám thuần, đọc xong chỉ biết cười tức tối vì đã bị Keigo lừa 1 cú vô cùng ngọt, lừa mà đến phút chót mới nhận ra mình bị lừa, mà vẫn cam tâm tình nguyện.
Lúc trước có thấy qua 1 review, dòng mở đầu của người ta trích trong truyện "bí mật nằm ở chiếc nhẫn trong con gấu teddy, bí mật nằm trong con gấu teddy". Mình giờ đọc câu đó cứ thấy nó như thần chú ngàn năm.
Thật sự cảm xúc của mình khi đọc xong vô cùng khó tả, một dạng bất ngờ kinh khủng, nhưng như bất ngờ được chấp nhận, ko biết diễn tả sao.
Men theo mạch truyện của Keigo, lúc đầu là hồi hộp, tiếp đến phẫn uất, lo sợ, cảm động, không tin được, bất ngờ. Cuối cùng nhận ra sự cao đẹp lồng vào từng con chữ.
Một tai nạn diễn ra, những số phận được hoán đổi, nhưng liệu sự thật có phải đã hoán đổi.
Sau tai nạn, Hirasuke mất con, hay mất vợ. Monami là Monami, hay Monami là Naoko.
Khi mọi sự bất ngờ lắng xuống, mình thấy xúc động, xúc động về sự chấp nhận nỗi đau, của Hirasuke, và cả của Naoko.
Họ, những người trải qua bao nhiêu thời gian. 9 năm, Hirasuke chấp nhận mất vợ, và cô ấy, Naoko chấp nhận mất chính cả bản thân.
Mình tự hỏi bây giờ nếu buộc mình phải sống cuộc đời của người khác, trong khi mình vẫn chẳng hề mất đi, chắc chắn 1 câu mình không bao giờ làm được. Quên đi chính bản thân + bản ngã mình đã sống hơn 20 năm, quên đì tôi, quên tất cả.
Naoko thật ra không có bí mật, có 1 bí mật cô gom tất cả vào cuối đời vì mong Hirasuke hạnh phúc, để anh không còn vướng bận, để anh thảnh thơi với cuộc sống mới. Chắc nhiều người nghĩ Naoko, à không Monami cũng hạnh phúc, còn bản thân mình chỉ cảm thấy Naoko đang hiện thực hóa câu nói của ông Kijikawa "Vì tôi muốn thấy thằng bé hạnh phúc" hay "Naoko muốn Hirasuke hạnh phúc".
Tự nhiên nghĩ 1 hồi, lại xúc động đến bật khóc vì câu chuyện này.
May 28, 2023
อ่านค้างไว้หลายเดือน ไม่ใช่เพราะไม่อยากให้จบ แต่กลัวว่าตอนจบที่เดาไว้จะกลายเป็นจริง แต่แล้วทุกเรื่องราวมันก็ต้องมีวันสิ้นสุด อาจเป็นความกลัวเดียวกับที่ตัวเอกเฮซึกะกล่าวไว้ว่า "บางทีชีวิตก็คงเป็นเช่นนี้ เวลาจะสูญเสียอะไร รู้สึกว่าทุกอย่างช่างผ่านไปในชั่วพริบตา" เรากลัวว่าจะเป็นเช่นนั้น เราไม่ได้กลัวอุบัติเหตุหรือสิ่งไม่คาดฝันที่จะเกิดขึ้นในชีวิต มากเท่าการตัดสินใจของคนเรา ซึ่งบางทีก็สร้างความประหลาดใจได้มากกว่า ผู้เขียนเล่นกับความอึดอัดชวนใจสลาย การจากเป็น/จากตาย และการเลือกหนทางเพื่อทำให้คนที่รักมีความสุขได้แบบจุกอก และเราคงจดจำประโยคที่จะถูกขังไว้ในหัวใจของเราอีกนานว่า "ไม่เป็นอะไรหรอก...แค่ฤดูกาลหนึ่งจบลงแล้วเท่านั้น"
May 20, 2017
Một câu chuyện buồn, trớ trêu nhưng chẳng hiểu sao lại có sức cuốn hút mình kỳ lạ, đọc không dứt nổi, nhưng chỉ cho được 4 sao vì thương cho Heisuke quá :(( dù không biết có thể nghĩ ra cái kết nào ổn thoả hơn cái kết này không but... :(((
Btw mình có nên trừ 0,5 sao nữa vì một chỗ nhầm từ "chú" thành "bác", một chỗ "Nhưng" thành "Những", bìa sau (phần tóm tắt truyện) và một chỗ ở bên trong sách nhầm "Heisuke" thành "Hirasuke" không nhỉ?
Mỗi lần đọc sách gặp lỗi là lại chỉ mong mình được làm cái nghề mà soát lỗi chính tả trước khi sách được in (^^^)
Btw mình có nên trừ 0,5 sao nữa vì một chỗ nhầm từ "chú" thành "bác", một chỗ "Nhưng" thành "Những", bìa sau (phần tóm tắt truyện) và một chỗ ở bên trong sách nhầm "Heisuke" thành "Hirasuke" không nhỉ?
Mỗi lần đọc sách gặp lỗi là lại chỉ mong mình được làm cái nghề mà soát lỗi chính tả trước khi sách được in (^^^)
November 29, 2022
Đọc xong cuốn sách này quả thực không biết phải viết review kiểu gì nữa? Bảo mình hiểu nội dung của cuốn sách cũng không đúng mà nói không hiểu cũng chẳng sai.
Tóm lại đọc xong cảm giác mệt não cực.
Tóm lại đọc xong cảm giác mệt não cực.
August 6, 2024
Trước tiên thì phải công nhận một điều là cuốn sách cuốn hút quá chừng. Theo đúng như nguyên tác tên gốc vỏn vẹn chỉ có "Himitsu" nghĩa là Bí mật - một thứ mà luôn thôi thúc sự tò mò và ham muốn khám phá của người đời. Higashino Keigo đã quá hoàn hảo trong việc dẫn dắt điều bí mật này đến với độc giả, khiến mình không thể nào ngừng đọc khi cầm nó trên tay, phải ráng lắm mới dứt ra được để đi ngủ mỗi tối.
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Sau khi đọc liền hai tác phẩm có thể cho là một mới nhất và một cũ nhất, mình nhận ra được điểm chung trong cách xây dựng nhân vật cũng như cốt truyện của Higashino Keigo. Ông luôn đưa vào truyện những tâm hồn rạn vỡ vì sự mất mát to lớn trong gia đình, rồi sau đó họ cố gắng mạnh mẽ vượt qua nổi đau tinh thần để đạt được những mục đích sống mà họ tự cho đó là đúng đắn nhất. Những nút thắt, những bóng tối dần dần được khai sáng qua từng trang sách và một cái kết có ý nghĩa là điều ông luôn muốn hướng đến. Theo cá nhân mình thì Thánh Giá Rỗng là phiên bản nâng cấp của Bí Mật Naoko nhưng nó lại kém hơn nhiều so với đàn anh của nó.
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(Từ đoạn này có thể biết trước nội dung truyện, cân nhắc kĩ trước khi đọc tiếp)
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Một tác phẩm có thể nói là hay xuất sắc, sách cũng đã được dựng thành phim ngay sau đó không lâu. KST làm phụ đề Tiếng Việt cho phim này, nhưng tốc độ hơi chậm, chắc đợi khi nào ra đầy đủ 9 tập sẽ download về xem một lần, chứ phim mà cứ cuốn hút như truyện đang xem đến đoạn cao trào gây cấn, rồi không có tập tiếp để xem thì nguy to. Haha.
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Sau khi đọc liền hai tác phẩm có thể cho là một mới nhất và một cũ nhất, mình nhận ra được điểm chung trong cách xây dựng nhân vật cũng như cốt truyện của Higashino Keigo. Ông luôn đưa vào truyện những tâm hồn rạn vỡ vì sự mất mát to lớn trong gia đình, rồi sau đó họ cố gắng mạnh mẽ vượt qua nổi đau tinh thần để đạt được những mục đích sống mà họ tự cho đó là đúng đắn nhất. Những nút thắt, những bóng tối dần dần được khai sáng qua từng trang sách và một cái kết có ý nghĩa là điều ông luôn muốn hướng đến. Theo cá nhân mình thì Thánh Giá Rỗng là phiên bản nâng cấp của Bí Mật Naoko nhưng nó lại kém hơn nhiều so với đàn anh của nó.
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(Từ đoạn này có thể biết trước nội dung truyện, cân nhắc kĩ trước khi đọc tiếp)
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Một tác phẩm có thể nói là hay xuất sắc, sách cũng đã được dựng thành phim ngay sau đó không lâu. KST làm phụ đề Tiếng Việt cho phim này, nhưng tốc độ hơi chậm, chắc đợi khi nào ra đầy đủ 9 tập sẽ download về xem một lần, chứ phim mà cứ cuốn hút như truyện đang xem đến đoạn cao trào gây cấn, rồi không có tập tiếp để xem thì nguy to. Haha.
August 16, 2020
Lúc đầu mình nghe nói cái kết của truyện gây ức chế nên cũng chần chừ mãi mới đọc quyển này, tính ra đây là quyển thứ 4 mình đọc của Keigo rồi. Và Keigo đã hoàn toàn không làm mình thất vọng chút nào, vẫn là giọng văn dẫn dắt người đọc hoà mình vào câu chuyện của nhà Hirasuke và Naoko, làm cho mình thấy như thật sự ở đó chứng kiến mọi chuyện. Thật ra lúc đầu mình thấy không hài lòng với Hirasuke, nhà mới xảy ra chuyện kỳ lạ như vậy nhưng gã đã ngoại tình tư tưởng với cô giáo của con gái mình, đi nhà chứa hòng giải sầu, lúc đó mình thấy tư tưởng gã ta thấp hèn, trái ngược với Naoko trong hình hài con gái Monami đang ôm giấc mơ làm lại cuộc đời mà bà đã bỏ lỡ. Nhưng rồi mình nhận ra đó là diễn biến tâm lý bình thường, chính gã cũng không biết mình "mất vợ hay con gái", nhìn thấy vợ mình đang cốgắng sống cuộc đời tươi trẻ đầy hứa hẹn, có lẽ đã làm gã lo sợ, gã lúc này là một người đàn ông trung niên an phận cuộc sống bình bình như vậy nhưng Naoko còn cả đường dài phía trước. Tác giả đã lồng ghép bài học về tình yêu, tình người, tình cảm gia đình và trên hết là ý nghĩa sống của người phụ nữ trong xã hội mà người ta nghĩ nghĩa vụ lớn nhất của phụ nữ chỉ là làm vợ, làm mẹ. Tác phẩm này đối với mình là một câu chuyện hay nhưng cũng tàn nhẫn, từ lúc Hirasuke chấp nhận coi Naoko như Monami và diễn biến bất ngờ sau đó của gia đình này, nhưng theo mình cái kết như vậy là xứng đáng cho Naoko.
March 25, 2011
On first impression, Keigo Higashino’s novel may appear like the typical supernatural family novel type that will bring you close to tears. Upon finishing it, you will be mistaken. It’s a mystery novel where nothing is stolen, no one gets assaulted AND murdered, and clues are left on the reader’s thinking. It is also question of morality, of gender play, and romance. The first time I finished the book, I remembered Henrik Ibsen’s The Doll House, and left me with a puzzling ending that could haunt and wrack you to the brains. Every scene in the book is finely weaved and told and each chapter as riveting as the other. I also give my props to Kerim Tasar for an excellent translation. I’ve have had my share of Vertical book collections and by far, this is one of the best translations I’ve read from them.
May 17, 2021
Có lẽ Heisuke là nạn nhân cuối cùng của vụ tai nạn trên núi tuyết năm ấy. Đến ông già mất 2 đứa con gái sinh đôi, hay Itsumi con gái của tay tài xế, họ cũng đã tìm được lẽ sống và sống vui vẻ rồi, chỉ còn Heisuke và Naoko/Monami là vẫn chìm sâu trong bi kịch mà chiếc xe bus ấy gây ra.
Vậy thì cuối cùng bi kịch có kết thúc hay không? Bí mật của Naoko là gì? Mọi người cùng đọc Naoko thử xem sao nhé.
Rate: 4,25/5, nỗi buồn kinh khủng không thể nhìn thấu được, chỉ có thể cảm nhận thôi.
Vậy thì cuối cùng bi kịch có kết thúc hay không? Bí mật của Naoko là gì? Mọi người cùng đọc Naoko thử xem sao nhé.
Rate: 4,25/5, nỗi buồn kinh khủng không thể nhìn thấu được, chỉ có thể cảm nhận thôi.
December 31, 2020
"เรื่องราวของชายผู้สูญเสียภรรยาและลูกสาวในคราวเดียวกัน"
เรื่องราวของ "เฮซึเกะ" ชายที่เจอเรื่องไม่คาดฝัน เมื่อเขาได้ข่าวว่า "นาโอโกะ" ภรรยา และ "โมนามิ" ลูกสาวของเขาประสบอุบัติเหตุ และอาการสาหัสทั้งคู่ สุดท้ายเขาก็ต้องสูญเสียภรรยาไป แต่พอลูกสาวตื่นมา กลับบอกว่าตัวเองเป็นนาโอโกะ เขาจึงต้องใช้ชีวิตต่อไปร่วมกับลูกสาวแต่ภายในเป็นภรรยาของเขา โดยทั้งสองคนต้องพยายามเก็บงำความลับนี้ไม่ให้ใครรู้..
หลังจากเมื่อปลายปีที่แล้ว (ปี 2563) อ่านงานของเคโงะจบไปหลายเล่ม ทำให้ความกล้าที่จะหยิบงานของเขาขึ้นมาอ่านจากกองดองก็เพิ่มมากขึ้น และเราก็ตัดสินใจหยิบเล่มนี้มาอ่านค่ะ เป็นเล่มที่หลายๆ คนแนะนำมานาน และเป็นเล่มที่มีชื่อเสียงพอสมควร
อืมมม.. สนุกมั้ยเหรอ... เนื้อเรื่องไม่ได้น่าตื่นเต้นหรือเร้าใจ หรือตื่นตาตื่นใจขนาดนั้นนะคะ แต่เราอ่านเล่มนี้จบเร็วมาก ส่วนหนึ่งเพราะอยากรู้ว่า เฮซึเกะจะทำยังไงกับชีวิตต่อไปหลังจากเจอเหตุการณ์พิศวงที่โผล่มาในรูปแบบความโชคดีที่แฝงอยู่ในความโชคร้าย 5555
เอาจริงๆ ดูเผินๆ เหมือนจะดีนะคะ กับการที่สูญเสียคนรักไปแค่หนึ่งคน แต่ยังเหลืออีกหนึ่งคนให้เฮซึเกะก้าวเดินต่อไป แต่อีกหนึ่งคนที่รอดมานี่สิ กลับเป็นปมปัญหาใหญ่ที่นำไปสู่ดราม่าอันหนักหน่วงที่จะตามมาชนิดที่คนอ่านอย่างเราเห็นเค้าลางความขัดแย้งของตัวละครเด่นชัดตั้งแต่ต้นเรื่องเลย 5555
เป็นหนังสือเน้นหนักไปทางดราม่าครอบครัวค่ะ มีความแฟนตาซีนิดเดียว (นิดเดียวจริงๆ) เป็นแค่แฟนตาซีวางปมของเรื่องเท่านั้น ที่เหลือก็ยิงดราม่ายาวววว เป็นดราม่าครอบครัวที่ค่อนข้างหนักหน่วงและตึงเครียดนิดหน่อย การมูฟออนไม่ได้ของเฮซึเกะ การปรับตัวไม่ได้ของนาโอโกะ การพยายามใช้ชีวิตแบบเดิมที่ไม่เหมือนเดิม ความลับที่ต้องเก็บไว้จนตัวตายบอกใครไม่ได้ โอ้ยย อิรุงตุงนังไปหมด!
แต่สนุกนะคะ อ่านแล้วก็วางไม่ลง อยากรู้ไปเรื่อยๆ ว่าชีวิตทั้งสองคนจะไปจบที่ตรงไหน แม้เราจะเดาตอนจบได้ แต่ก็ยังอยากรู้อยู่ดีว่าเนื้อเรื่องระหว่าง สองตัวละครจะใช้ชีวิตยังไง
ชอบตรงเรื่องนี้สะท้อนให้เห็นปัญหาบางอย่างในครอบครัว ปัญหาระหว่างสามีภรรยา ปัญหาระหว่างพ่อแม่ลูก ขอบเขตของคำว่าครอบครัวและชีวิตส่วนตัว บทบาทของผู้หญิงในสังคมและครอบครัว การเป็นเหยื่อที่ไม่มีใครมองว่าเป็นเหยื่อ การเริ่มต้นใหม่และการก้าวผ่านเรื่องต่างๆ บลาๆ เยอะแยะมากมาย
สำหรับเรา เราว่าเล่มนี้โอเคนะคะ สนุกดี แต่ไม่มาก เป็นแนวดราม่าครอบครัวที่ผู้เขียนผูกปมปัญหาของเรื่องจากเหตุการณ์อิหยังวะ แล้วปัญหานั่นแหละที่ค่อยๆ ก่อตัวขึ้นมาจนกลายเป็นปัญหาเรื้อรังให้ตัวละคร(และคนอ่าน)กุมขมับ ประเด็นที่ผู้เขียนสอดแทรกเข้ามา แม้จะเยอะ แต่ก็ไม่รู้สึกว่าถูกยัดเยียดหรือผิวเผิน รู้สึกอินไปกับเนื้อเรื่องและตัวละครดี ส่วนตอนจบก็คาดเดาได้ ไม่แปลกใจเท่าไหร่
เรื่องราวของ "เฮซึเกะ" ชายที่เจอเรื่องไม่คาดฝัน เมื่อเขาได้ข่าวว่า "นาโอโกะ" ภรรยา และ "โมนามิ" ลูกสาวของเขาประสบอุบัติเหตุ และอาการสาหัสทั้งคู่ สุดท้ายเขาก็ต้องสูญเสียภรรยาไป แต่พอลูกสาวตื่นมา กลับบอกว่าตัวเองเป็นนาโอโกะ เขาจึงต้องใช้ชีวิตต่อไปร่วมกับลูกสาวแต่ภายในเป็นภรรยาของเขา โดยทั้งสองคนต้องพยายามเก็บงำความลับนี้ไม่ให้ใครรู้..
หลังจากเมื่อปลายปีที่แล้ว (ปี 2563) อ่านงานของเคโงะจบไปหลายเล่ม ทำให้ความกล้าที่จะหยิบงานของเขาขึ้นมาอ่านจากกองดองก็เพิ่มมากขึ้น และเราก็ตัดสินใจหยิบเล่มนี้มาอ่านค่ะ เป็นเล่มที่หลายๆ คนแนะนำมานาน และเป็นเล่มที่มีชื่อเสียงพอสมควร
อืมมม.. สนุกมั้ยเหรอ... เนื้อเรื่องไม่ได้น่าตื่นเต้นหรือเร้าใจ หรือตื่นตาตื่นใจขนาดนั้นนะคะ แต่เราอ่านเล่มนี้จบเร็วมาก ส่วนหนึ่งเพราะอยากรู้ว่า เฮซึเกะจะทำยังไงกับชีวิตต่อไปหลังจากเจอเหตุการณ์พิศวงที่โผล่มาในรูปแบบความโชคดีที่แฝงอยู่ในความโชคร้าย 5555
เอาจริงๆ ดูเผินๆ เหมือนจะดีนะคะ กับการที่สูญเสียคนรักไปแค่หนึ่งคน แต่ยังเหลืออีกหนึ่งคนให้เฮซึเกะก้าวเดินต่อไป แต่อีกหนึ่งคนที่รอดมานี่สิ กลับเป็นปมปัญหาใหญ่ที่นำไปสู่ดราม่าอันหนักหน่วงที่จะตามมาชนิดที่คนอ่านอย่างเราเห็นเค้าลางความขัดแย้งของตัวละครเด่นชัดตั้งแต่ต้นเรื่องเลย 5555
เป็นหนังสือเน้นหนักไปทางดราม่าครอบครัวค่ะ มีความแฟนตาซีนิดเดียว (นิดเดียวจริงๆ) เป็นแค่แฟนตาซีวางปมของเรื่องเท่านั้น ที่เหลือก็ยิงดราม่ายาวววว เป็นดราม่าครอบครัวที่ค่อนข้างหนักหน่วงและตึงเครียดนิดหน่อย การมูฟออนไม่ได้ของเฮซึเกะ การปรับตัวไม่ได้ของนาโอโกะ การพยายามใช้ชีวิตแบบเดิมที่ไม่เหมือนเดิม ความลับที่ต้องเก็บไว้จนตัวตายบอกใครไม่ได้ โอ้ยย อิรุงตุงนังไปหมด!
แต่สนุกนะคะ อ่านแล้วก็วางไม่ลง อยากรู้ไปเรื่อยๆ ว่าชีวิตทั้งสองคนจะไปจบที่ตรงไหน แม้เราจะเดาตอนจบได้ แต่ก็ยังอยากรู้อยู่ดีว่าเนื้อเรื่องระหว่าง สองตัวละครจะใช้ชีวิตยังไง
ชอบตรงเรื่องนี้สะท้อนให้เห็นปัญหาบางอย่างในครอบครัว ปัญหาระหว่างสามีภรรยา ปัญหาระหว่างพ่อแม่ลูก ขอบเขตของคำว่าครอบครัวและชีวิตส่วนตัว บทบาทของผู้หญิงในสังคมและครอบครัว การเป็นเหยื่อที่ไม่มีใครมองว่าเป็นเหยื่อ การเริ่มต้นใหม่และการก้าวผ่านเรื่องต่างๆ บลาๆ เยอะแยะมากมาย
สำหรับเรา เราว่าเล่มนี้โอเคนะคะ สนุกดี แต่ไม่มาก เป็นแนวดราม่าครอบครัวที่ผู้เขียนผูกปมปัญหาของเรื่องจากเหตุการณ์อิหยังวะ แล้วปัญหานั่นแหละที่ค่อยๆ ก่อตัวขึ้นมาจนกลายเป็นปัญหาเรื้อรังให้ตัวละคร(และคนอ่าน)กุมขมับ ประเด็นที่ผู้เขียนสอดแทรกเข้ามา แม้จะเยอะ แต่ก็ไม่รู้สึกว่าถูกยัดเยียดหรือผิวเผิน รู้สึกอินไปกับเนื้อเรื่องและตัวละครดี ส่วนตอนจบก็คาดเดาได้ ไม่แปลกใจเท่าไหร่
November 25, 2017
Đọc trong 2 đêm, trong lúc thời gian không hề rộng rãi. Không kịch tính chút nào nhưng không ngăn được mình lật sang trang kế tiếp, đến nỗi đi cắm nồi cơm cũng đọc, bận nấu nướng cũng đọc, thậm chí đánh răng cũng cố giữ khô tay trái để cầm sách đọc.
Những khác biệt về nền văn hóa không khỏi làm tôi có lúc nhíu mày khi chứng kiến cuộc sống và mối quan hệ hết sức bối rối giữa Heisuke và Naoko trong thân hình Monami sau tai nạn đau lòng kia. Đúng là ngượng nghịu cực kì. Mặc dù thương họ, tôi cũng đã tưởng tượng ra cảnh quyển sách sẽ rời khỏi tay mình vẽ một đường parabol thật đẹp trong không trung như thế nào trước khi yên vị trong một xó xỉnh nào đó, nếu như có chuyện gì xảy ra vượt quá khả năng chấp nhận của tôi. May rằng bác Keigo với cái giới hạn của bác hẵng còn sáng suốt. Thật đúng là thở phào nhẹ nhõm.
Tôi đoán mình cũng không phải ngoại lệ khi thấy Heisuke thật đáng thương trong khi Naoko hiện lên có phần ích kỉ và đáng ghét khi mà dường như cô đã rắp tâm bỏ lại người chồng khổ sở đằng sau để tiến về phía trước cùng những khao khát toan tính cá nhân. Nhưng kì thực trong cái bối cảnh được xây dựng đầy những nghịch lý này, có lẽ chẳng có riêng ai được hạnh phúc cả. Tất cả những nụ cười mà Heisuke, Naoko hay những nhân vật chỉ thoáng lướt qua trong vài ba trang sách như Yukiko, hoặc chỉ vài ba lời thoại như người đàn ông mất hai cô con gái trong vụ tai nạn... đeo lên mặt đều chỉ là những cái mặt nạ che đi nước mắt, những liều thuốc tâm lí mà họ bám víu vào để sống sót qua những niềm đau riêng. Heisuke khổ, nhưng kì thực Naoko cũng quá là khổ. Còn gì khó khăn hơn việc từ bỏ chính bản thân mình khi mà mình không hề muốn, khi mà mình vẫn còn ở ngay đây?
Nếu cái kết cứ xuôi theo những gì tôi đã tưởng từ khi Monami xuất hiện thì sẽ tốt cho Heisuke, Naoko và cái gia đình nhỏ xíu bất hạnh đó của họ biết bao. Nhưng có lẽ chỉ có duy nhất một kết thúc như thế này mới có thể khiến tôi chẳng đắn đo gì thêm nữa mà chấm điểm tuyệt đối, mặc dù nó làm tôi khó chịu phát điên, làm trái tim tôi lặng đi vì đau đớn. Chỉ cần như thế, lại một lần nữa tôi nhắm mắt bỏ qua tất thảy những nhược điểm xung quanh.
Những khác biệt về nền văn hóa không khỏi làm tôi có lúc nhíu mày khi chứng kiến cuộc sống và mối quan hệ hết sức bối rối giữa Heisuke và Naoko trong thân hình Monami sau tai nạn đau lòng kia. Đúng là ngượng nghịu cực kì. Mặc dù thương họ, tôi cũng đã tưởng tượng ra cảnh quyển sách sẽ rời khỏi tay mình vẽ một đường parabol thật đẹp trong không trung như thế nào trước khi yên vị trong một xó xỉnh nào đó, nếu như có chuyện gì xảy ra vượt quá khả năng chấp nhận của tôi. May rằng bác Keigo với cái giới hạn của bác hẵng còn sáng suốt. Thật đúng là thở phào nhẹ nhõm.
Tôi đoán mình cũng không phải ngoại lệ khi thấy Heisuke thật đáng thương trong khi Naoko hiện lên có phần ích kỉ và đáng ghét khi mà dường như cô đã rắp tâm bỏ lại người chồng khổ sở đằng sau để tiến về phía trước cùng những khao khát toan tính cá nhân. Nhưng kì thực trong cái bối cảnh được xây dựng đầy những nghịch lý này, có lẽ chẳng có riêng ai được hạnh phúc cả. Tất cả những nụ cười mà Heisuke, Naoko hay những nhân vật chỉ thoáng lướt qua trong vài ba trang sách như Yukiko, hoặc chỉ vài ba lời thoại như người đàn ông mất hai cô con gái trong vụ tai nạn... đeo lên mặt đều chỉ là những cái mặt nạ che đi nước mắt, những liều thuốc tâm lí mà họ bám víu vào để sống sót qua những niềm đau riêng. Heisuke khổ, nhưng kì thực Naoko cũng quá là khổ. Còn gì khó khăn hơn việc từ bỏ chính bản thân mình khi mà mình không hề muốn, khi mà mình vẫn còn ở ngay đây?
Nếu cái kết cứ xuôi theo những gì tôi đã tưởng từ khi Monami xuất hiện thì sẽ tốt cho Heisuke, Naoko và cái gia đình nhỏ xíu bất hạnh đó của họ biết bao. Nhưng có lẽ chỉ có duy nhất một kết thúc như thế này mới có thể khiến tôi chẳng đắn đo gì thêm nữa mà chấm điểm tuyệt đối, mặc dù nó làm tôi khó chịu phát điên, làm trái tim tôi lặng đi vì đau đớn. Chỉ cần như thế, lại một lần nữa tôi nhắm mắt bỏ qua tất thảy những nhược điểm xung quanh.
July 15, 2016
I must be getting sentimental in my dotage, but I was moved to tears by this novel. As odd and disturbing as the premise of a man's daughter being possessed by the consciousness of his dead wife was, it somehow worked as a gut-wrencher. Was he mourning the death of his wife, the death of his daughter or the death of his own marriage? An ingenious mystery that spoke to me, a middle-aged man watching as my own daughters grow up and inevitably grow… away. Absorbing.
April 2, 2017
Cuốn sách này xứng đáng nhiều hơn 2/5 :))
Nhưng thật khó để đánh giá đúng một cuốn sách khi bản thân căm ghét nhân vật nữ chính =))
Sẽ nhiều người thích cuốn sách này, thích nhân vật Naoko.
Cuốn sách này hay. Chỉ có điều đơn giản là mình không thích nó.
P/s: có vẻ trong tiểu thuyết, các nhân vật nữ mang tên Naoko đều có gì đó không bình thường ヾ(@゜∇゜@)ノ
Nhưng thật khó để đánh giá đúng một cuốn sách khi bản thân căm ghét nhân vật nữ chính =))
Sẽ nhiều người thích cuốn sách này, thích nhân vật Naoko.
Cuốn sách này hay. Chỉ có điều đơn giản là mình không thích nó.
P/s: có vẻ trong tiểu thuyết, các nhân vật nữ mang tên Naoko đều có gì đó không bình thường ヾ(@゜∇゜@)ノ
May 31, 2024
চিরকাল ঝামেলা এড়িয়ে চলতে চাওয়া হেইসুকে সুগিতা পড়েছে বিশাল বিপদে। এক মর্মান্তিক সড়ক দুর্ঘটনায় হারিয়েছে স্ত্রীকে আর আইসিইউতে লড়ছে একমাত্র কন্যা মোনামী। মেয়ের আদৌ জ্ঞান আসে কী না.. আর আসলেও মা ছাড়া একটা টিনেজার মেয়েকে কীভাবে বড় করবে আর সেই বা তার স্ত্রীকে কীভাবে ভুলে থাকবে এসব শতেক চিন্তায় যখন মাথা কুটে মরছিলো, ঠিক তখনই জ্ঞান ফিরে আসে মোনামীর। জ্ঞান ফিরে আসার প্রাথমিক বিস্ময় আর আনন্দ কাটিয়ে উঠার পর হেইসুকে আবিষ্কার করে বিশাল ঝামেলায় ফেঁসে গেছে সে। তার কন্যার দেহে আটকা পড়ে গেছে তার স্ত্রী! হ্যা! এটাই সত্য! বিস্ময়কর, অবিশ্বাস্য, অভাবনীয় ইত্যাদি ইত্যাদি বিশেষণে বিশেষায়িত করা হলেও এটাই সত্য এবং এটাকেই মেনে নিতে হবে। পাঠক যেমন নড়েচড়ে বসে এই অবিশ্বাস্য ঘটনা কেমন করে হ্যান্ডেল করবে এই দম্পতি.. তখন থেকেই মূলত উপন্যাসের শুরু.. মূলত গোটা উপন্যাসটা এই দুই নর-নারীর মানসিক দ্বন্দ্ব, দ্বিধা, চাওয়া-পাওয়া, স্ট্রাগল ইত্যাদিকে কেন্দ্র করে গড়ে উঠেছে। আমি বই পড়তে পড়তে ভাবছি��াম.. শালার জাপানিজদের মাথায় ছাড়া এইসব আইডিয়া মনে হয় না আর কারও মাথায় আসবে! এই হিগাশিনো সাহেবের ব্রেনটা কেটেকুটে গবেষণা করতে পারলে হইতো, ঠিক কী লেভেলের কল্পনা শক্তি থাকলে এই রকম ভয়ংকর একটা টপিক মাথায় আসে! -_- পুরো বই মাঝারি গতিতে এগুলেও (মাঝারি গতি হলেও কাহিনির জন্য যথেষ্ট ইন্টারেস্টিং লাগবে পড়তে, থেমে থাকা যাবেই না!) বেশি গতি পায় একদম প্রায় শেষ দিকে এসে! অই অংশটুকু ভয়ানক সুন্দর আর টাচি। (মুখ ফসকে একটা বেশি কথা বললে গোটা বই স্পয়লার খেয়ে যেতে হবে) বইয়ের চরিত্রগুলোর জার্নি সাধারণ না.. ভিন্ন.. একবার মনে হবে ঠিকই আছে.. আবার মনে হবে.. নাহ! কিচ্ছু ঠিক হচ্ছে না.. এরকম বাস্তবতাবিবর্জিত দশায় পড়লে কেই বা মাথা ঠিক রাখতে পেরেছে?
সালমান হকের হাত ধরে হিগাশিনো বাংলাদেশে ব্যাপক খ্যাতি, ভুল বললাম, পরিচিতি পেয়ে গেছেন। দেশে মোটামুটি হিগাশিনোর জোয়ার চলছে। সব প্রকাশনী এখন রীতিমতো এই বেচারার বই অনুবাদ প্রকাশ করে ফাটায় ফেলতেসে। গ্রন্থরাজ্য প্রকাশনী থেকে প্রকাশিত বই 'নাওকো' ও হয়তো আমার পড়া হতো না যদি না অনুবাদকের জায়গায় বর্ষণ হাসানের নাম দেখতাম। বই হিসেবে এইটা উনার প্রথম বই হলেও বিভিন্ন বইয়ে প্রকাশিত ছোট গল্প, কখনও বা ফেসবুকের কল্যাণে তার মৌলিক লেখা এবং অনুবাদের সাথে পরিচিত ছিলাম। এই ভদ্রলোক কেন আরও আগে লেখালেখি শুরু করছেন না সেটা নিয়েও যথেষ্ট প্রশ্ন ছিল। বিনাপ্রশ্নে, চোখ বন্ধ করে বই কেনার মতো ভরসার একটা জায়গা পাওয়া গেছে। ওয়েলকাম... বর্ষণ হাসান ❤️
সালমান হকের হাত ধরে হিগাশিনো বাংলাদেশে ব্যাপক খ্যাতি, ভুল বললাম, পরিচিতি পেয়ে গেছেন। দেশে মোটামুটি হিগাশিনোর জোয়ার চলছে। সব প্রকাশনী এখন রীতিমতো এই বেচারার বই অনুবাদ প্রকাশ করে ফাটায় ফেলতেসে। গ্রন্থরাজ্য প্রকাশনী থেকে প্রকাশিত বই 'নাওকো' ও হয়তো আমার পড়া হতো না যদি না অনুবাদকের জায়গায় বর্ষণ হাসানের নাম দেখতাম। বই হিসেবে এইটা উনার প্রথম বই হলেও বিভিন্ন বইয়ে প্রকাশিত ছোট গল্প, কখনও বা ফেসবুকের কল্যাণে তার মৌলিক লেখা এবং অনুবাদের সাথে পরিচিত ছিলাম। এই ভদ্রলোক কেন আরও আগে লেখালেখি শুরু করছেন না সেটা নিয়েও যথেষ্ট প্রশ্ন ছিল। বিনাপ্রশ্নে, চোখ বন্ধ করে বই কেনার মতো ভরসার একটা জায়গা পাওয়া গেছে। ওয়েলকাম... বর্ষণ হাসান ❤️
August 5, 2021
I am a huge fan of Higashino. In fact, I recommend him to everyone who like mystery books stating he is better than any American writer they would have read.
Given that fact, I did not enjoy this book. It lacked the core element of Higashino’s writing - the unexpected. The development and the climax of the story was completely predictable and hence, disappointing. Well, I did enjoy the part where Heisuke asks to punch Fumiya.
From the beginning I could not digest how easily Heisuke accepts the death of his daughter and the fact that his wife’s spirit is now inhabiting his daughter’s body. It was also disturbing how Naoko and Heisuke almost do not mourn their daughters demise and simply go on living their weird lives. It was hard to like Heisuke who was depicted of misogynistic mindset that as long as he gets good food and a woman home, he doesn’t care about anything else much. Oh but he does, sex! The concern over how he would manage without it.. or should he do it with his daughter? I feel sick writing it, but I did not feel sick reading it; and that is the main problem with the book. I did not feel a thing during the incest thoughts and actions. I am not sure whether it was because of loss of emotion in translation or because Higashino wanted it so. Perhaps I have read so much worse in the news nowadays that this didn’t shock me. Whatever the reason, the book did not stir any feelings of disgust, sympathy or understanding.
On top of this, both the main characters were neither likeable nor relatable. Heisuke was too non-conflicted to be likeable and Naoko was made too perfect to be true.
I am giving it 2 stars for Higashino’s attempt at slight mystery of bus driver’s circumstances and because the respect I have for his writing.
Given that fact, I did not enjoy this book. It lacked the core element of Higashino’s writing - the unexpected. The development and the climax of the story was completely predictable and hence, disappointing. Well, I did enjoy the part where Heisuke asks to punch Fumiya.
From the beginning I could not digest how easily Heisuke accepts the death of his daughter and the fact that his wife’s spirit is now inhabiting his daughter’s body. It was also disturbing how Naoko and Heisuke almost do not mourn their daughters demise and simply go on living their weird lives. It was hard to like Heisuke who was depicted of misogynistic mindset that as long as he gets good food and a woman home, he doesn’t care about anything else much. Oh but he does, sex! The concern over how he would manage without it.. or should he do it with his daughter? I feel sick writing it, but I did not feel sick reading it; and that is the main problem with the book. I did not feel a thing during the incest thoughts and actions. I am not sure whether it was because of loss of emotion in translation or because Higashino wanted it so. Perhaps I have read so much worse in the news nowadays that this didn’t shock me. Whatever the reason, the book did not stir any feelings of disgust, sympathy or understanding.
On top of this, both the main characters were neither likeable nor relatable. Heisuke was too non-conflicted to be likeable and Naoko was made too perfect to be true.
I am giving it 2 stars for Higashino’s attempt at slight mystery of bus driver’s circumstances and because the respect I have for his writing.
May 21, 2021
2.75 làm tròn thành 3 sao non chỉ vì phần miêu tả tâm lý nhân vật tốt. Mình vốn ít khi nghĩ ngợi và càng ít rút ra được các bài học đạo đức từ các tình huống ko tưởng (như ở trong cuốn sách này, dù nó có éo le tới đâu). Vì thế, khi đọc cũng ko thấy đọng lại gì nhiều. Twist ko quá bất ngờ và lại càng ko hợp lý.
Lần đầu tiên đọc Keigo mà ko thấy đồng cảm với nhân vật nữ một tý nào, chỉ thấy cáu.
Lần đầu tiên đọc Keigo mà ko thấy đồng cảm với nhân vật nữ một tý nào, chỉ thấy cáu.
October 26, 2017
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July 8, 2024
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