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Having watched the movie adaptation of this novel onscreen, I'm definitely pulled to also try to get my hands on reading the novel version. While I'm glad there was an english translated version for Silent Parade, it does make me wonder why the translation skipped a title and didn't also translated the novel that came before this novel, aka The Forbidden Magic/Kindan no Majutsu. Alas I'll reserve that question for another time.
Well, back to Silent Parade we're reintroduced to our main trio as it's been several years since the last two novels, A Midsummer's Equation and Forbidden Magic. Kusanagi has now become Chief Inspector while Yukawa is now a Professor after returning from abroad. It's then Kusanagi, Utsumi and Yukawa got involved in a certain case in a town called Kikuno.
First of all, the premise of the case was interesting. It never crossed my mind that it's possible for a criminal to avoid being charged for a crime by taking advantage of their rights of silence as well as statutes of limitations on certain crimes. And indeed, such situations would be very troubling to think of. It's interesting to see how much Kusanagi, Utsumi and Yukawa has changed in this novel and it was really enjoyable to see how their relationship has evolved. This time a different translator had taken the helm in translating the novels compared to the first 3 novels but I'm already very taken by the way this new translator had translated this novel. I really love how the novel describe the relationship between Yukawa and Utsumi, and it was also nice to be able to delve more into Yukawa and Kusanagi's friendship. The film somewhat made certain scenes a bit more tense compared to novel; aka made Kusanagi even more traumatised about having to deal with Hasunuma's case again, yet I still appreciated the little nuances in the novel as Kusanagi faced his own struggles in dealing with the case and victims while also carrying a bigger responsibility as Chief Inspector.
I have to say that I love the throwbacks to the past cases from past novels and short cases, as well as to how the case in the novel were slightly similar yet also different in the way that it was executed. And I like how the narrative alowed us readers to also wrack our own brains to try to figure out what was actually going on with the situation in Kikuno. And it was amusing to also be able to spot some modern references like cosplay and such in the novel. And I also like how Yukawa had also evolve throughout the novels.
While the ending wasn't quite as satisfying as I could've hoped for, I like how it ended with Yukawa having a more positive attitude after concluding the case and leaving Kikuno. It made me want to look forward to the next installment of Detective Galileo story.
Well, back to Silent Parade we're reintroduced to our main trio as it's been several years since the last two novels, A Midsummer's Equation and Forbidden Magic. Kusanagi has now become Chief Inspector while Yukawa is now a Professor after returning from abroad. It's then Kusanagi, Utsumi and Yukawa got involved in a certain case in a town called Kikuno.
First of all, the premise of the case was interesting. It never crossed my mind that it's possible for a criminal to avoid being charged for a crime by taking advantage of their rights of silence as well as statutes of limitations on certain crimes. And indeed, such situations would be very troubling to think of. It's interesting to see how much Kusanagi, Utsumi and Yukawa has changed in this novel and it was really enjoyable to see how their relationship has evolved. This time a different translator had taken the helm in translating the novels compared to the first 3 novels but I'm already very taken by the way this new translator had translated this novel. I really love how the novel describe the relationship between Yukawa and Utsumi, and it was also nice to be able to delve more into Yukawa and Kusanagi's friendship. The film somewhat made certain scenes a bit more tense compared to novel; aka made Kusanagi even more traumatised about having to deal with Hasunuma's case again, yet I still appreciated the little nuances in the novel as Kusanagi faced his own struggles in dealing with the case and victims while also carrying a bigger responsibility as Chief Inspector.
I have to say that I love the throwbacks to the past cases from past novels and short cases, as well as to how the case in the novel were slightly similar yet also different in the way that it was executed. And I like how the narrative alowed us readers to also wrack our own brains to try to figure out what was actually going on with the situation in Kikuno. And it was amusing to also be able to spot some modern references like cosplay and such in the novel. And I also like how Yukawa had also evolve throughout the novels.
While the ending wasn't quite as satisfying as I could've hoped for, I like how it ended with Yukawa having a more positive attitude after concluding the case and leaving Kikuno. It made me want to look forward to the next installment of Detective Galileo story.
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