Ninett
I never read crime, so the genre will feel fresh to me every time, even if laden with tropes. I loved the characters of the two monks, and the way that the setting was written. It felt very real and alive. The only reason I couldn't rate it five stars is because I was immediately able to guess who the perpetrator was as soon as they were introduced, and the weird side-line about the kid who comes to harass the main after being questioned by him was an obvious ploy to throw the reader off the scent of the real killer.
I never read crime, so the genre will feel fresh to me every time, even if laden with tropes. I loved the characters of the two monks, and the way that the setting was written. It felt very real and alive. The only reason I couldn't rate it five stars is because I was immediately able to guess who the perpetrator was as soon as they were introduced, and the weird side-line about the kid who comes to harass the main after being questioned by him was an obvious ploy to throw the reader off the scent of the real killer.