James
I really liked this book when I was studying Japanese and recommend it to my students now.
やっと「即位の泉」や「時代の勇士」に関わる質問が明白になるかと思いきや、また新しい何かが現れます。自分はその展開を察知しませんでした。それにミストスピリットの生体もまだ未明です。知りたくてなりません！
主人公の周りにいる人物が続々と殺害されますが、全滅しなくて「生き残り」は次巻でどうするか楽しみにしています。
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it in English or Japanese. The series is 素晴らしい！
A fascinating insight into the world of neurosurgery. Devastating cases, surprising cases, bizarre cases. In a way it made me realise how simple and routine and safe my own job is.
As others have said, this book started out as a great murder mystery which seemed to become too difficult for King to create an ending for, so he just slapped in a monster... There is even line in the book which reflects the fact that King didn't think of the ending before starting.
I loved it and hated it at the same time.
Love — the prose
Hate — the lack of overarching structure
