Lanterns Hanging Over Misty Island

- Highlights - Create a unique era atmosphere: The author uses delicate writing to set the story in the Republic of China, from the ten-mile foreign market in old Shanghai to the fog-shrouded island. Elements such as cheongsams, rickshaws, and old newspapers are readily available. Together with the gloomy family secrets and strange murder scenes, the author creates a narrative space full of mystery and depression, making readers feel as if they are in that turbulent and strange era, with a full sense of immersion. - Ingenious reasoning design: As a true reasoning work, the case design in the book is quite ingenious. Whether it is a secret room murder or a serial murder case, the clues are laid out in a loose and gray line, and the logical chain is relatively tight. In the process of solving the mystery, the author constantly throws out misleading clues and reversal of the plot, so that the readers will continue to have new doubts and thoughts when following the protagonist to explore the case, and enjoy the fun of reasoning. - Rich character creation: The protagonist group has distinct personalities. Whether it is a smart and courageous female detective, or a male protagonist who is both good and evil and full of story-telling, the characters are three-dimensional and vivid. The supporting characters also have their own worries and secrets. The relationships between the characters in the family are complicated. The emotional entanglements and conflicts of interest between the characters add more dramatic tension to the story. - Insufficient - Part of the plot is slightly delayed: As the story progresses, the description of the background of the Republic of China and the elaboration of the emotional lines of the characters take up more words, causing the pace of puzzle solving to slow down in the later stages. The compactness and impact of the reasoning are weakened to a certain extent, which may make readers who pursue fast-paced reasoning feel lengthy. - The core plot is not innovative enough: Although the reasoning logic is relatively self-consistent, the core plot of the case is slightly less innovative in the field of original reasoning. For experienced readers who have read a lot of mystery novels, some puzzles may lack enough surprise.