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
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
Law and Order
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
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 9 of 眼球堂の殺人?
Yes, I’m planning to read along/am reading along this week
I honestly wish the whole « The Book » theme disappeared from this story. I really, really hope it has some part to play in the resolution, though I very much doubt it will. I’m more or less warming up to the story, and then 十和田 goes on some pseudo-theological tangent that goes nowhere…. TLDR: nothing much happens, one more a lot of tedious discussion….
The whole tangent about how math and architecture have to do with each other I totally skimmed. I don’t care. Also just so much nothing for so many pages. I suspect 深浦 is going to die next given he warned about the other two, but honestly don’t know where this book is driving at. It all feels very pointless so far with so little character development as to make me forget who each character is aside from our main two and the butler.
Yeah agree with both of you.
While reading, I was worried that Towada is going to repeat the steps how he debunked the four theories of how the architect got pierced on the pole . Sigh… so many words but yet so little that actually happened.
I also dislike the mention of The Book. It better have something concrete related to solving these murders rather than some vague repetitions on how great it is by a naggy man.
I think so. It does turn out that way sometimes Especially with books like this that end up being relatively difficult without much for the squeeze. FWIW I kind of enjoy books that everyone dislikes because you get some catharsis complaining each week
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