A winner of the Naoki prize this year, First love received mixed reviews on Amazon.
Maybe I expected more from a Naoki prize winner, but this book read more like a movie script than a book.
Not enough depth, not enough story. The turn of events and investigation of the murder proceed in a strange pace with too many holes left in between to be “discovered” later.
“court scene” is way too short and uneventful to have significance.
One of her books was already adapted to a movie and I have a feeling this one will follow as well.
A popular writer, yet I still expect more from a prize winner. I guess this was the first and last book I read from this writer.