Week 10 👁 眼球堂の殺人~The Book~! 👁

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Welcome to the tenth week of 眼球堂の殺人 ~The Book~！ :eye: :mirror_ball: :eye:!

Home thread for announcements, wiki, etc

We are following the below schedule (page counts may vary based on your medium):

Week Up to Approximate Pages Approx. Percent Paperback page
Week 1 - Feb 10 Read until Chapter 1, part 4 33 9%
Week 2 - Feb 17 Read until Chapter 1, part 7 39 18%
Week 3 - Feb 24 Read to end of Chapter 1 28 25%
Week 4 - Mar 03 Read until Chapter 2, part 3 30 32%
Week 5 - Mar 10 Read until Chapter 2, part 5 35 40%
Week 6 - Mar 17 Read until Chapter 2, part 7 29 46%
Week 7 - Mar 24 Read until Chapter 3, part 2 25 52%
Week 8 - Mar 31 Read until Chapter 3, part 5 38 61%
Week 9 - Apr 7 Read until Chapter 3, part 8 28 67%
Week 10 - Apr 14 Read to end of Chapter 4 :stop_sign: 46 78%
Week 11 - Apr 21 Read until 謎 part 3 40 87%
Week 12 - Apr 28 through end of epilogue 46 100%

I will generally copy this information over thread to thread each week for ease of finding - you can always expect the schedule at the top of any weekly thread :slight_smile:

:policeman: Law and Order :policewoman:

  • Any reveals, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
  • Questions on vocab, grammar, nuance, and the like are both welcome and encouraged. If you’re not sure if it’s a spoiler, assume it is and use one of the above options to hide the text.
  • You are encouraged to speculate and guess wildly
  • Be kind about other peoples’ wild guesses :sparkling_heart:
  • Even if you don’t read the chapter(s) in time, you are still encouraged to post in the thread for that reading once you have finished it. I advise not reading ahead in the threads as you may see spoilers.

To gauge participation - a poll!

Are you reading week 10 of 眼球堂の殺人?

  • Yes, I’m planning to read along/am reading along this week
  • I’m reading, but not at the same pace as the club
  • I’m just following the discussion :popcorn:
0 voters

Happy sleuthing! :male_detective:

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Finally !

Something interesting is happening. I quite liked the « symmetrical » murders, and 平川 and 造道 turning on 藍子 and 十和田. But this happens… 75% into the book, which is way, way too late. And now we have to wait a whole week for the big reveal !
Nice pacing, btw !

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Haha you are fast! I’m still reading week 10 now.

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I’m also done with Week 10. :rofl:

Yes finally something happens and Towada actually tried to see if anyone opens the door haha. But I still feel the write used too many words just to explain the paper and door. The book should have been 200pages instead for so little plot development.

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I’m also done with week 10!

Agree the pacing on this is terrible. I think honestly a different author could write the same pace and I’d enjoy it more, though. Like if there were more character interactions, more conversations with theories that didn’t feel ridiculous, more back stories coming out to reveal potential motives…something. As it stands I’ve very much forgotten who all the dead people are aside from being various 先生

Anyways, seems like this is all going to have to do with geometry and eyeballs…and presumably we’ll find out whether the architect’s child was male or female :rofl:

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Haha yes, I had to refer to the characters’s name and occupation at the front to figure out who’s who. Who do you think is more likely to be the killer? I can’t decide haha…

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