Week 2 👁 眼球堂の殺人 ~The Book~! 👁

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Welcome to the second 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 :stop_sign: 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 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 2 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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I’m at 15% and I have some questions

How does the hallway window open? Is it sliding from floor to chest height level?

And where in the hallway were they at?

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The pace of this is really slow. Nothing has happened even though it’s 1/5 of the book.

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Only つつ and やれやれ which I hear in Jotaro’s voice in my head keep me going. I need action I need killings :sob:

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I totally skimmed that part but in my head it was like sliding open at chest level yeah, cause they had to lean over dangerously to look down. I noted in my book during that part ‘these windows are going to be part of a murder or part of how a murder is made to look impossible’. I also think the same of all these double doors and the dizzying-seeming layout.

For me this feels like a pretty normal pace :thinking: We only just got most of the cast, and not even met the architect yet. I would imagine the first murder to be at earliest during dinner, but likely during the overnight hours if this follows a typical course. I’m curious what forms the murders will take though, and also if everyone who got a nasty letter is slated to die in some way related to how they are disliked by the homeowner

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Yes, I’m also thinking those nasty letters are hints. But then again it would be too easy if those are hints on who will die and who will not. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Finally finished! For me this week was a bit boring: lots of character introductions, lots of talking about the door and nothing to contribute to the plot. But again, we’re just in the beginning, hopefully we’ll get more action soon.

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Finished week 2 today :blush:

The way I read it is that it slides open from the floor to chest height, yes. Which means the lower half of the wall is open, with a 10 meter drop next to it, and no way to go down there in case something (or someone :thinking:) falls down. Sounds like the perfect murder contraption to me ^^

For the murder(s) itself, my guess is that our host the professor will be murdered, probably around or after dinner. Almost everybody got a rude letter or has some other grudge, so everybody is suspicious. We our narrator the freewriter will then spend the rest of the book sorting out the culprit.

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