Nicolas's English blog

The Devotion of Suspect X      In this report I would like to introduce a Japanese book. This book was written by Keigo Higashino, my current favorite writer. This is said to be his most popular book and I really loved it too.      The story starts with a single mother with her daughter. The daughter is a student and, the mother works at a lunch box shop. The ex father wasn't a good man and they divorced long ago. However, one day the father comes back and starts looking for his ex wife. After asking people around town he finally finds her. He goes to his ex wife's house and has a little chat, but the wife doesn't like the situation that he is in the house so she get's him out of the house. Reluctantly, he goes out of the house but just when he is about to get out he asks for a little but of money. Since the mother wanted for things to over with she starts going to her purse for her money. However, the daughter didn't like the fact that she was going to give money t

Norwegian wood      This also is a book originally in Japanese. I heard this was a very famous book and is interesting in a strange way. So, I looked into buying it and started reading it recently.       This books main character doesn't quite have interest in the world around him. I don't want to spoil the book for the people who haven't read it. However, it starts with the main character in a plane and hears the song "Norwegian wood ". It seems like he doesn't like the song but it doesn't explain why. Then he starts talking about what sort of relationship he had with this woman. The stage of the story is in his memory and starts talking about his memory when he was young.      I don't quite get where the story is going as I only read a little of the book but it is interesting for me at the moment. It is kind of depressing but interesting, it is difficult to explain. So if you have the time to read this book I recommend it. It is not so long and I hav

 Naoko      This is a book that is originally in Japanese. The Japanese title is "Himitsu" and is written by Higashino Keigo. His books never disappoint me because I love mysteries.       I do not want to talk too much about the books content so I will write just the beginning. It starts with a happy family minding their own business. The couple have just one daughter and one day the mother and daughter decide to go to their parents place. Unfortunately, the two get into a accident leading to the mothers death. However, after the daughter's conscience comes back, it seems that the mother's(Naoko) conscience is in the daughter's body.      This is just the beginning of the story. I hope I didn't spoil too much but this book made me think about things. I wouldn't say it made me think about life but a lot of things. The ending surprised me the most, it is a book that you have to read until the end to know what was so good about it. I recommend this book eithe