黑面之狐

物理波矢多 #1

by Shinzō Mitsuda, 三津田信三, Cola Chen (Cover Art)

(Traditional Chinese Edition)

457 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

See 三津田 信三 (Japanese)、 三津田信三 (Traditional Chinese).

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is really different from Mr. Mitsuda's other novels about urban legends, crime mystery, Japanese folklore/demon lore and anthropology. Plus it's quite a thick book, I admit I skimmed through most of the book. Although the historical background of the post-WWII Japanese society and the community of miners are interesting and refreshing--I don't remember the last time there is a Japanese novelist taking on the post-war society and the exploitation of the Korean slave-labors before, during and after WWII at the same time.

However the characters aren't very interesting, the story and the plot twists are decent and I'm satisfied with the explanation of the mysteries of the 'Black Fox', miners missing inside the mine when there is only one exit back to safety (ah la la 'locked room' mystery again ) and the death of a few miners who had a dark past of abusing slave-labors during WWII.

I'm not saying it isn't a book written with good research and effort, still it doesn't have the same spooky effect which I enjoy so much with the other Mitsuda's books.

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

这真的不是个call me by your name的故事吗（手动狐头）？这回不是考察民俗，而是围绕着日本战时和战后被强征的矿工在煤矿上的种种遭遇而展开的故事。诡计算不上多有新意，体现出的人性多面大于破案本身的感觉。而且又一次留下了一个“未解之谜”一样的小尾巴呢。

[Yu hana · Rating 4 out of 5]

一路看下來最喜歡的部分還是歷史，日本作者寫壓榨朝鮮人的議題好有勇氣，還寫得很細，求學部分也讓我忍不住去查了滿洲國的建國大學。但不知道是不是花很多心力在描述故事背景，除了主角以外，配角的描述比較少，沒有做出更多煙霧彈混淆讀者有點可惜，推理步調偏慢，但作者很會講故事，還是有讓人想看下去的吸引力。重點是從頭到尾都瀰漫著微妙的BL氛圍，明明就有什麼卻不明說的寫法蠻有意思的，讓人有無限的想像空間。

[m · Rating 3 out of 5]

好幾次以為猜到兇手了但沒有。

主角是日本的礦工，
前面一大段敘述歷史背景，
日本人殖民者的掠奪、
朝鮮族被殖民者的不幸、
主角對未來的茫然隱瞞學歷而作為礦工，
我真的返回書評好幾次，
確認這本真的是推理小說哈哈哈。

不過案件發生後，
劇情便緊張又有點恐怖惹。
那天看得太晚以為知道結局了，
結果夢裡都是昏暗淒涼的場景一直嚇醒。

還是覺得兇手人設有點崩，
原本斯斯文文的人，
一轉身就決定殺人太奇怪惹。

[Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as impressive as the Toujou Genya series on a mystery level, but I enjoyed the historical background here.