5 March 2015
‘ The Devotion Of Suspect X ‘ is
a novel by Keigo Higashino. Basically this novel is the third novel in his
Detective Galileo series. Actually, I know about this masterpiece work is from
a Japanese movie with the same title that I had watched last year. But,
recently I had found that movie is actually based on a novel and it has its own
English translation. In fact it was nominated for numerous awards. Due to its
popularity it also had been made into a Korean movie with a title ‘ Perfect
Number ‘. So, I was so excited when I am reading this marvelous novel !!
English translation cover art.
The remake of a Japanese movie based on the novel
The Devotion Of Suspect X
The remake of a Korean movie based on the novel
The Devotion Of Suspect X
The story begins all people are
doing their daily routine as usual. Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother
who works at a restaurant while Ishigami is a highly talented Mathematics
teacher. The conflict started when Yasuko ex-husband came to her house to extort
money for Yasuko by threatening both her and her daughter. Unfortunately, while
trying to defend herself and her daughter from her abusive ex-husband, she
unintentionally killed that man. Ishigami who lives next door of Yasuko came
over and offered his help by disposing not only the body but to create alibi
for them.
Ishigami and Yasuko based on the japanese movie
When the corpse had been found,
Kusanagi a detective of a murder case felt suspicious toward Yasuko bur he
could not found hole on her alibi. Then he asked help from Dr. Yukawa Manabu a
physicist and his college friend. Yukawa is also Ishigami friend. He realized
that ishigami is a genius and he suspect that Ishigami had something to do with
the murder. Ishigami did it to protect Yasuko by covering the murder committed
by Yusako.
Dr. Yukawa Manabu a physicist @ Galileo
If I can meet one of the
characters I would like to meet Yasuko Hanaoka. It is because I want to make her
to realize that even she run from the problem that she faced, it does not mean
she will be free from it. It is just like when she and her neighbour, Ishigami
tried to cover the murder by disposing the corpse but at the end all the
evidences were still pointing straight to her.
In my point of view, she
supposedly told the truth to the policemen and the detective. It is because
they will investigate the case by using all the evidence. She also can explain
that she was unintentionally killed him while trying to save herself and her
daughter. Thus, she will not being charged as a murder because it is considered
as a self-defense.
In contrast when she tried to
cover it, she had made an innocent mathematics teacher turned into a criminal. So,
basically I think that all the people in this world need to face their
hardships with bravery and confidence.
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