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by: Miyuki Miyabe  Availability: Not yet published
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Binding: Library BindingDewey Decimal Number: 362.198920096 EAN: 9781435236745 ISBN: 1435236742 Number Of Pages: 296 Publication Date: April 03, 2008 Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Recovering from a leg injury, a 43-year-old Tokyo police inspector named Shunsuke Honma realizes how out of touch he has become when a relative asks him to make some private inquiries into the disappearance of his fiancée. While he wasn't paying attention, it seems that everyone in the country but Honma has been caught up in a consumer feeding frenzy--going into heavy debt and declaring bankruptcy at a snowballing rate. This engrossing story of the search for happiness through shopping marks the first appearance in English of one of Japan's leading writers. Product Description: Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a "deep and moody" (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, in fact, that murder may be the only way out. A beautiful young woman vanishes, and the detective quickly finds she is not whom she claims to be. Is she a victim, a killer, or both? In a country that tracks its citizens at every turn, how can two women claim the same identity and then disappear without a trace? Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Unsuspenseful with a disappointing end.I picked up All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe a few months ago because I liked Brave Story, a novel geared towards younger audiences. All She Was Worth was Miyabe's first adult book that I've read and one of the few mystery novels I've read this year. All She Was Worth starts off with the disappearance of a woman and follows an on-leave detective as he tries to find her and uncover the unusual circumstances in which she disappeared. Although that's the main mystery flowing through the ... Read More Rating: - Good, but not greatThe best thing about this book is the last page. A good read, but no real suspense or thrills. Economically written, and all characters (even the dog Blockhead) contribute to the solution to the mystery, which I appreciate. However, this is the 2nd Japanese mystery I've read this year where women dismembering corpses is the modus operandi. What's up with that? The first, OUT by Natsuo Kirino, was a much better thriller (I give OUT 4 of 5 stars). Rating:  - Give me back every hour I spent reading this silly book!I'm not going to spoil the ending because there is no ending to spoil. It's like the author just got tired of writing and quit. This book had some holes in it and it could have been accomplished with a third fewer pages and the characters could have been better developed. I went ahead and gave it a star because I very much agree with the author's anti-credit card diatribe and Identity theft is a very fast growing crime in the US as well. Rating: - clunkyMiyabe does a good job creating Honma, the lead character, and the plot is reasonably realistic. But other than the lead the characters don't come alive and/or aren't stable or credible. In particular, Miyabe has trouble creating a stable voice for Honma's boy, a 10 year old who sometimes sounds like a (youngish) 10-year-old but other times serves as a weary adult voice when Miyabe thinks she needs that. Similar instability with the lead villain, who is never credibly fashioned into a monster. Read More Rating: - Usual mystery, different localeI won't give another plot synopsis but I will say this is a very enjoyable book if you like mysteries, stories set in Japan, or both. This book won't change the mystery genre or shape the minds of generations but it is a good example of a well-written mystery. Interesting, quick-paced and keeps you turning pages well after you've decided on just one more chapter before bed. The detailed explanation of credit in Japan is slightly tedious but at the same time is interesting to read simply ... Read More 
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