Joel A reviewed All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe
Review of 'All She Was Worth' on 'LibraryThing'
4 stars
An interesting mystery, better than Miyabe's other book that I read (Shadow Family). The story of a missing persons case tied up in the family obligations of the detective gets much weightier as it goes along. The plot got bogged down a bit in the middle, with lengthy discussions about the consumer debt trap and personal bankruptcy in Japan, although it's a bit unfair for me to criticize this when part of what I enjoyed about the book was its glimpse into Japanese culture.
An interesting mystery, better than Miyabe's other book that I read (Shadow Family). The story of a missing persons case tied up in the family obligations of the detective gets much weightier as it goes along. The plot got bogged down a bit in the middle, with lengthy discussions about the consumer debt trap and personal bankruptcy in Japan, although it's a bit unfair for me to criticize this when part of what I enjoyed about the book was its glimpse into Japanese culture.