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To gauge participation - a poll!
Are you reading week 1 of 赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う ?
Yes, I’m planning to read along/am reading along this week
Seems like we have one more week to go. I am genuinely glad we decided on this fast pace, because I probably might have dropped the book otherwise. Maybe it’s the audio-only, maybe (definitely) it’s me, but I am just not vibing with this. I really liked the idea of retelling fairytales as crime stories but I am just so bored while listening. There is no tension for me.
I actually think I might buy more in this series at some point! It’s a very comfortable reading experience which always appeals haha. The slightly wacky vibes also make me laugh. But I can understand why it wouldn’t be for everyone.
I’m about halfway through this week’s reading and I’m finding the katakana names absolutely wild. Are they meant to sound Germanic? It always bugs me when I can’t work out a katakana word or name
Yes, but some even I can’t figure out as a German speaker but I translated some in my post. I wrote them down in their German spelling and not Katakana though, hope you can figure out which one is which Katakana wise I can add the Katakana later on though.
For me it is very distracting to have those random German words in there to be honest, mostly because they are a bit too silly. Otherwise I agree with your sentiment that the book is nice since it is a comfortable reading experience. The pacing of the club is a bit much for me though, I think I will read the other books a bit more leisurely if I continue
I was surprised such an aggressive pace was voted on it’s actually outside of the listed fastest pace for the Mystery Club, but it’s a small club this time and I wasn’t going to go against the poll when it was so overwhelmingly in one direction
Revisiting that poll, it was only two out of three voters who voted for the fast pace, looks like. Granted, this book has had one of the smaller groups of participating readers so far iirc.
We can always take a break for a week, if people need to catch up. I don’t mind. I just prefer getting through a chapter in 1 go, so I adapt my own pacing to that.
I don’t think it’s a big deal. I’m almost done with this chapter, and the next chapter is the last week anyway, so if I take a week longer than everyone else, it won’t be a big hurdle I guess
Interesting cliffhanger I’m really curious how this will end, I didn’t expect there to be more backstory regarding Red Riding Hood.
All in all, I was lost the whole time in this chapter and I think a lot of it went over my head. I felt that the difficulty increased quite a bit, but that could also be because there is a big cast (always a problem for me with Japanese books ).
Ok so the family resemblance section at the end confused me a bit… But I found this a fun story, even if there were too many characters with not enough defining characteristics imo. It was also a sadder variant on Sleeping Beauty than the ballet version I recently watched - in the ballet, the fairy puts the whole castle to sleep for a hundred years, not just Aurora!
Also I loved the spicy twist at the end with Red Riding Hood’s mission I feel like the rapid pace really suited this book!
I also had more trouble with this chapter, specially in the beginning part. Luckily the explanation in the end was on the easier side.
I think this is a great audio only book though: You already know the base story, some characters, and the audio has small breaks between sentences that you can use to think of what you just heard.
Hopefully the last one isn’t too difficult.
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Kissen (pillow), Schnarchen (snoring), Gähnen (yawning), Guten Schlaf (good sleep).
but I translated some in my post. I wrote them down in their German spelling and not Katakana though, hope you can figure out which one is which Katakana wise 
I can add the Katakana later on though.
I’m really curious how this will end, I didn’t expect there to be more backstory regarding Red Riding Hood.
I feel like the rapid pace really suited this book!