死亡拼圖

by Yusuke Yamada, 山田悠介, 許婷婷 (Translator)

「只要不找出2000片拼圖，我們會殺了本校最惡劣的老師。」
一段來自學校廣播室的詭異發言，
一群身分不明的武裝分子，
讓原本平靜的高中校園生活，帶來一股肅殺氣氛。

限時48小時之內找出拼圖完整拼湊出來，就能拯救人質。
身為菁英中的菁英──三年A班，能按照這項指令完成這幅瘋狂拼圖嗎？
而武裝分子挾持的目的究竟又為何？
一場考驗「人性」的終極死亡遊戲就此展開！

Genres: Japanese Literature

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2007

About the author

See 山田 悠介.

Reviews

[Raaf · Rating 2 out of 5]

This writer not only doesn't apply the show-don't-tell principle, he rather opts for the tell-five-times-or-maybe-a-sixth principle. Boring descriptions, underdeveloped & flat characters, monotonous style. The core story mechanic could have some potential if the final twist hadn't thoroughly ruined it. In short, though not actively terrible, not worth the time required to read it (or the paper it's printed on, for that matter).

[Jeremy Kitchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining mystery story based in a Japanese school. Was not a terribly challenging read. I did find it a bit repetitive at times and at least part of the end seemed fairly predictable. Nonetheless mostly enjoyable read and a good mid N3 N2 level book.