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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 10:09

I’m starting 十戒 by 夕木春央 (Yūki Haruo), I loved the author’s other novel 方舟, so I decided to give this one a try.

I have a prompt for stories that take place on islands, because it’s the perfect setting for closed circle mysteries, but I hadn’t found any island setting yet. It turns out that “island” is the very first word of 十戒, so I have my first entry for this prompt! :blobbook: :blob_smiley:

An opened book and opened notebook side by side. On the left of the picture, the right page of a Japanese novel is visible, the chapter is “prologue” and the first sentence starts with “island”. On the right of the picture, there’s the left page of a grid notebook with the title “Island” and the first sentence of the book has been handwritten with the word “island” in orange.
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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 10:27

I thought the black circle on the cover was a hole sinking into the sea, but a character describes the island like a bottle cap floating on the water, and now I totally see it! It’s protruding, not sinking!

A Japanese novel on a wooden table, the cover illustration is an agitated sea in black and blue. In the middle, there is a round circle that could as well be sinking into the sea or sticking out like an elevated island.
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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 18:20

十戒 - 夕木春央

I’m halfway through! It reads very easily, but I’m not feeling invested in the fate of the characters...

I bought those memo sheets made with recycled paper in a stationery store in Yeonhui dong. I used one to draw the island’s map, but the paper is a bit thick to add to the notebook, so I’ll probably use them for other things.

A notebook opened with the focus on the bottom half where a light cream memo sheet is glued. The drawing of an island with some isolated houses on it is on the memo sheet. The rest of the notebook page has some handwritten notes but they are out of focus.
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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 08:54

十戒 - 夕木春央

I finished 十戒 yesterday, and similarly to 方舟 the end was really good and surprising, but not as mind-blowing as 方舟.

The problem is the process to get there, I found that it really lacked something. We never really get to know the characters involved, I personally didn’t feel any tension… it felt like we were just waiting for the reveal…

Still, it was an enjoyable read.