December is a good month, and it is worthy of being a month for Virgos: there are the double twelves that chop hands, there is the dog-torturing Christmas, and the two long holidays of New Year's Day and Spring Festival are coming soon, you Haven’t stocked up on your must-have shows for the holidays? Don’t be afraid, let me take out the treasure from the bottom of the box, you will no longer be lonely during these holidays!

The list of works in this series is roughly classified according to the author. The ranking has nothing to do with the degree of beauty, every one is very good! good! look!

The main recommendation this time is Keigo Higashino. Because he is so prolific, he has hundreds of novels + film and television adaptations. After careful selection, there are still many. Come on, sit down with a cup of tea. Let's chat with him.

If you are interested in suspense, it is definitely not a bad idea to start with Higashino. Psychological fans can also choose his later works to read. Basically, his later works have departed from the original reasoning and entered the social genre, downplaying the killer techniques. The focus is on the motive of killing. Some mystery stories do not involve killing people, but they are still exciting because of their profound portrayal of human nature.

As a senior Higashino fan, I strongly recommend starting with the following works (here are 9 selected), which guarantees that you will be deeply suspenseful from now on, and you will be confused for a lifetime once you see Higashino.

The nature of the work is special and the storyline will not be introduced too much. It's suspenseful, and it wouldn't be fun if it was spoiled.

This is a novel that Higashino started serializing in 1997. It is not only a classic in the history of suspense, but also a classic in the entire literary world. If this book takes you to experience Dongye for the first time, it will be very shocking. When I finished watching it, I just knelt down and sang "Conquer". What it means to cry without tears, what it means to feel like your body is being hollowed out, these "White Night Journey" can tell you.

If there is only suspense, it will definitely not have that much stamina. What is wonderful is that this story combines suspense and love very well.

In fact, many excellent suspense works contain some elements of love, but the love depicted by each writer gives people a very different feeling. Someone once told me that she felt the love in Higashino's works was gray. It’s the same as what I feel. In Dong Ye’s world, no matter how heartwarming the story is, it has a realism color, helplessness, despair, and bondage. These are the emotions I experience most. These emotions reached a climax in "White Night Walk". Xuesui's inner monologue broke the hearts of many people: "There is no sun in my sky, it is always dark, but it is not dark, because there is something to replace it." Although it is not as bright as the sun, it is enough for me. With this light, I can treat the night as day, so I am not afraid of losing the white night. Okay, longing and Liangsi will walk hand in hand under the white night.

Putting aside the poignant love part, Ryoji and Yukiho are very typical high-IQ anti-social personalities. The formation of antisocial personality mainly stems from special childhood experiences. Yuksui's father died young when she was a child, and her mother secretly engaged in prostitution; Ryoji's father was a pedophile when he was a child, and his mother sat idly by. So once they unite into a camp, as long as they stand in their way, they will kill gods and Buddhas when they encounter them, and destroy humanity. Two characters that make people feel very complicated, both pitiable and hateful.

The video version includes Japanese dramas, Japanese movies, and Korean movies. The earliest Japanese drama version (2006), starring Ayase Haruka and Yamada Takayuki. Ayase Haruka's image back then was quite consistent with the innocent-looking beautiful witch Yukiho. I think this version was shot more warmly and is much more beautified than the book. It’s good as a romantic drama.

In addition, this version of Xiao Xuesui is super beautiful, and her charming temperament is like something out of a book. You can go and read it for Xiao Xuesui.

Korean movies followed (in 2009), starring Son Ye-jin and Go Soo. Personally, I think Son Ye-jin’s version of Seolsu performed the best. Although her face has some sequelae of plastic surgery, her eyes are half elegant. , the half-dirty double-sided temperament is perfectly interpreted. Moreover, the figure of the goddess is really great, the scale is very large from the beginning, and the waistline makes the nose bleed. It is said that the goddess is lace, consider me.

The latest Nikage movie (11 years old), starring Horikita Maki and Kora Kengo, this... I really can’t appreciate it. Sorry, Horikita fans, her appearance is my aesthetic blind spot. .

It was published in 2004. At this time, Ryoji was dead and only Yukisui remained in the world.

This book, I call it "The Biography of Xuesui".

Those who have read "White Night Journey" will find that there are too many clues in it when they read this book, and they have to combine this book with "White Night Journey". There are two schools of argument regarding the heroine Mifuyu Shinkai. One school believes that Mifuyu was the assistant who was with Yukiho at the time and used Yukiho as her life mentor, and she became so dark; the other party believes that Mifuyu is Yukiho. , without Ryoji, starting from scratch, even more ruthless than before.

I prefer the latter. The reason is very simple. There is only one Yuki Sui in the world. Do you want to imitate her? Haha, I have never been to the eighteenth level of hell, so I cannot imitate such a state.

"White Night Journey" has both male and female protagonists working together, while the main plot of "Magic Night" focuses on the female protagonist. The male protagonist Ya here is at best a puppet. When it comes to love, I don't care about it at all. Not coming out. Mifuyu here is like the last sentence in "White Night Walk": her back is like a white shadow.

The Snow Sui of The Walking Dead, the Yuki Sui who has no weaknesses, the Yuki Sui who does whatever it takes, is even more powerful than the Yuki Sui in "White Night Walk".

It can be said that Mifuyu here has taken antisocial personality to the extreme: she has no conscience at all, and has completely lost her emotional sustaining ability and sensitivity. In today’s terms, I just don’t know how to love.

There is no emotion in this book, only desire.

"Phantom Night" has a Japanese drama version (10 years), starring Kyoko Fukada. Fei Gong is very beautiful and fits the character very well, but her acting skills are a bit lacking. After watching her for a long time, I couldn't get the feeling of a beautiful "witch" girl. Those who are concerned about their appearance can still go and check it out.

Higashi Ye’s 2014 new work is so new that there is no video version yet.

The reason why it is introduced immediately after "White Night Journey" and "Phantom Night" is because this story is simply the father-daughter version of "White Night Journey". The watch in "White Night Walk" is about love, and the watch in "When the Prayer Ends" is about family affection. Higashino seems to have an obsession with two people looking at each other from a distance. But this kind of untouchable emotion is indeed a very good starting point. The plot is a bit cliche compared to Higashino's other works, but the policeman in it is "Kaga", a character I like very much: neither humble nor arrogant, and always upright. Although later... he was so righteous that he lost his official position, and I felt sorry for Kaga for three seconds. But TM became more handsome after losing his official position. For details, see "New Participants".

If mathematicians also have spring, then the peach blossom trees this spring must be covered with X's. The whole story is that you think I am the murderer, but I am not. You think I'm not a murderer, but I really am. Who is the murderer? X, an unsolved mystery.

We are not afraid of rogues being educated, but we are afraid of geniuses who want to commit crimes. If a genius commits a crime, he can definitely fool the police. The once-in-a-century genius mathematician Ishigami set up a trap that ordinary people could not solve. In the end, it was the equally talented physicist "Yukawa Manabu" (the protagonist in another series of "Detective Galileo") who finally broke the trap. Detailed introduction).

This story can definitely be regarded as the TOP3 of all Higashino's works. When the truth came out, I understood the meaning of the title - devotion. How far can one person's dedication reach? How deep can one's love be?

The end of logic is not reasoning or numbers, but the most irrational love.

The source of this love comes from the only bright color in Shi Shen’s dark life, the precious laughter and laughter in the silent years. If only the Bento Goddess and her daughter hadn't been laughing so happily next door...the end of the show.

Any comforting, nurturing female character who provides emotional wisdom, intuitive guidance and love is performing the functions of the Goddess archetype. Not always good, not entirely evil. Just like the Bento Goddess in the play, she said harsh words when she misunderstood that the Stone God wanted to control their mother and daughter's lives, but in the end she was willing to atone for her sins with the Stone God after learning the truth. It vividly expresses the complex aspects of human nature.

There are two video versions, the Japanese version in 2008 and the Korean version in 2012. The Japanese version is a continuation of the "Detective Galileo" TV series, and it was very well done! often! good! The starring roles are Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuki Shibazaki, which are consistent with the TV series "Detective Galileo". This version of Douban has a rating of 8.3, which makes Tsundere even rated 8 on Douban. You will know how difficult it is.

The latest news is that this movie will also be released in China next year, directed by Su Youpeng and starring Wang Kai, Zhang Luyi, Ruby Lin, Qin Lan, and Guan Xiaotong. I don’t know if it’s Sister Xinru or Sister Qin Lan who plays the role of the goddess selling lunch boxes, but none of that matters! Because Wang Kai plays Yukawa Manabu! Phew, I need to calm down.

My favorite Galileo actually has a Chinese version! ! ! Although I am not a fan of Wang Kai, but based on his outstanding performance in "Nirvana in Fire" and "If Snails Have Love", Wang Kai Kai will not disappoint the majority of book fans. If the performance is good, I I think I will consider becoming a princess, haha, princess, please don’t hit me.

This book is also a well-deserved TOP3 Higashino in my mind. Yes, the top three in my mind are "White Night Journey", "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "Malice". Don’t ask me to rank them. When I encountered these three books, I could finally understand the tangled state of Libra.

If "White Night" and "Suspect" are different extremes of love, then "Malice" is the extreme of hate. If your life is too happy, then take a look and you will feel that your world is so simple and happier.

The deep malice from the world, this sentence is tailor-made for "Malice".

The most amazing thing about this book is the narrative technique, first person. You can know the psychological activities of the protagonist very clearly, and you can also know how ugly human beings can be.

Don’t guess the murderer. It’s meaningless to guess the murderer here. Dongye’s point is not here. He will tell you who it is before one third of the story. Then, hey, the real show begins.

Of course, the wonderful and bizarre first-person narrative in this book was not pioneered by Higashino. The first person to use this to create a major twist was the originator of suspense, Agatha Christina. Sha Po invented this method as early as 1925 and wrote "Roger's Mystery". Master, master. However, although "Malevolence" is a reference, the depth of portrayal is more than a little deeper than "Roger Mystery", which is highly recommended.

"Malice" and "Roger Mystery" can be said to present the concept of "personality mask" to us very intuitively. The outward face we present to the world is the part of ourselves we let others see. The diaries of Osamu Nonoguchi and Dr. Shepard both function as "masks", and the particularity of this mask prop will naturally make people trust it, which is why the ending is shocking.

There is also a movie version of "Malevolence" in Japan, but I don't know if it is because it is too evil. It is difficult to find domestic resources, and I have never watched it. I feel ashamed. However, this book focuses on motivation, and it is more interesting to read the novel.

A soul-piercing work written in 1999, it is a rare story with some warmth in all Higashino's works. Another one that is warm is "Jieyou Grocery Store". However, after reading so many of Higashino's works, I found that he is more suitable for dark... This work can be seen that a lot of efforts have been made to make it powdery, but it still has a grayish tone. Dongye, please stop struggling. We still love you even though you are dark. You see, you started writing about Soul Time in 1999. With such great imagination, it’s hard not to love you. And as a man who writes mystery, is it really okay to describe love in such a delicate way? The emotional scenes here are more awesome than those written in short stories.

Do you want to see the earliest Soul Crossing? It is no worse than the current "Your Name". I found that Keigo Higashino and Makoto Shinkai are both Aquarius, and Aquarius is not from Earth. , the ideas are very strange.

The film and television version has a Japanese version, starring Hirosue Ryoko. I wrote a very detailed review about this movie. The portal is here:

Let me love you forever "Secret"

There is also a Japanese drama version (10 years) starring Mirai Shida. Shida-chan's acting skills in this drama are quite good, you can watch it. In particular, the feeling of father-daughter love is particularly obvious in this version, which is very consistent with the original work. Even though Sister Liangzi plays a little girl, she looks quite mature, and she fits well with the uncle. She doesn't have the sense of taboo in the book. However, in this version... Shida is too childish, and I can't even accept such a heavy talk. The sex scene really feels like pear blossoms crushing begonias... Just watch it for yourself, I won't take screenshots, my heart is actually not very good.

I first started watching this TV series (released in 2007), and then I became hopelessly obsessed with Uncle Masaharu Fukuyama. I like this pretentious gesture the most.

Although this gesture is really inexplicable, every time the uncle makes this gesture, it is equivalent to Conan starting to shoot Mouri Kogoro. The excitement that the truth is about to come out, forget it, I can't stand it. .

The TV series are mainly adapted from "Detective Galileo", "Predictive Dreams" and "Galileo's Troubles", which are all short suspense collections.

So basically the rhythm of the TV series is one case per episode, except for the final highlight, which may take two episodes.

Manabu Yukawa can be said to be the least down-to-earth male hero in all Higashino's works. Despite his high IQ, he is also handsome. Not only is he handsome, but he also has long legs. Even though he has long legs, he can also rock climb and shoot arrows. It doesn’t matter that he is good at sports, he is also cute from time to time, and he is very good at quarreling with the heroine. No more writing, no more writing, I'm going to have a nosebleed first.

The arrogant Yukawa usually does not take action easily. Only when he encounters phenomena that cannot be explained by physics, the scientific geek will be unable to bear the urge to explore the truth: spontaneous combustion of the body, out-of-body experience of the soul, the appearance of corpses, and unpredictable predictions. Are these phenomena such as teleportation and telepathy just unconfirmed realities, or are they just mysteries of the murderer?

This drama is very good-looking, and A-list stars appear as killers from time to time. It is eye-catching and can also enhance the physical posture. Only Higashino can use physics to solve crimes. It's really scary for a man from science and engineering to write a novel.

This is a long novel, published in 2008, and is considered the second long case in the Galileo series. The first one is "The Devotion of Suspect X" introduced above.

If "The Devotion of Suspect X" relies on rigorous logic and exquisite layout, then "Saint's Rescue" relies on astonishing persistence and forbearance.

The scary thing about this method is that it is not a complicated method, but that even if you think that this is the only possible ending, you still can't believe that someone can actually do it.

All reasoning fans know a saying: eliminate all impossible situations, and the remaining ones will be the truth no matter how impossible they are.

Conan said this famous saying of Sherlock Holmes repeatedly, and I have heard it since I was a child. But it was "The Holy Girl" that really made me realize the most. Because there was no case before that made me think that the remaining situation was impossible, but this one, I still think is impossible.

Lee Ang said: Life is so long, why are we anxious?

This kind of neither arrogance nor impatience, neither rushing nor fighting is the confidence and respect for life.

But Ayane's leisurely attitude, her control over time, and her obedience to her husband are the countdown to life.

What's the rush? I'm not in a hurry to kill you, I'm just giving you a reprieve. Maybe you don’t know yet, but you will never know, because if your atonement is completed, this matter will rot in my belly; if your atonement is not completed, this matter will disappear along with your life. in this world.

Ayane stayed on the sofa in the living room for a year, secretly monitored her husband for a year, and seemed to concentrate on sewing tapestries for a year. During this year, the dust fell bit by bit somewhere, and in the end the trace department had to prove her innocence.

In "The Missing Bullet", the woman played by Jiang Yiyan spent a year forging a murder diary of her husband. She deliberately dressed up day by day, pretending to be having an affair, and luring her husband into beating her. She and her neighbors finally spoke for her, and the intentional killing became a self-defense.

The key to the most perfect crime is never IQ, but time and emotional intelligence. Time can prevent evidence from pointing to the murderer, and logic will be useless here, because it will fall into the gaps of time and become the most seamless accomplice. And a murderer with extremely high emotional intelligence can even make the evidence on his side due to his precise ability to capture human nature.

The video version of "The Holy Girl" takes two episodes at the end of "Detective Galileo 2", and Ayane is played by Yuki Amami. There is no doubt about Queen Tianhai's acting skills. The female detective in "BOSS" has already fascinated me. In "The Rescue of the Saint", the performance of pretending to be deeply in love with her husband after the crime made my whole body covered with goosebumps. Although I personally feel that "Detective Galileo 2" is not as good as the first one, the last two episodes are worth watching.

10 years of work, the content is far less beautiful than the name looks like. When I just read the title of the book, I thought that Higashino had also started writing youth-warming literature. After reading it, I realized that I was naive again. Only hurt but no warmth...

This book depicts the psychological state of a special group of people, those with gender identity disorder. Although I do not reject this group per se, thanks to Higashino, I have a deeper understanding of them and can respect this group more.

In fact, many works involve this kind of group, such as "The Silence of the Lambs". When I was young and ignorant at the time, I saw the transvestite man saying enchantingly to the mirror: " I really want to fuck myself!" Still a little confused.

A recent example is Chen Juan in "Ten Years of Wen Ruyan". He wears a silk scarf around his neck every day and smiles all over the city. Going to...the men's room?

But think about it carefully, do we seemingly normal people fully identify with our gender? Recently, so many female celebrities have begun to cater to the market and adopt a general style of attack, such as queen attack, angel attack, domineering CEO attack... Behind these attacks is the fusion of masculinity and femininity.

Just like the Mobius strip mentioned in "Unrequited Love", all men and women are on the ring. Depending on the daily physical condition and the surrounding environment, they may be dangling in this gradual process. Dangle away. Sometimes it leans toward the female side, sometimes toward the male side.

It’s just that some people tend to be more opposite to themselves, and some people are less inclined to it. Then those who are less are praised and praised for their unique and attractive temperament, while those who are more are called shemales and perverts.

Is it important whether a person wants to be a woman or a man, whether he likes a man or a woman, and whether he likes a man first and then a woman? There are black stones and white stones in this world, as well as gray stones that are neither black nor white. People can accept the middle ground of events, but why can’t they accept the middle ground of people themselves?

This book may be a bit niche, but it is very representative of the characteristics of Higashino's later works: the writing style becomes more and more concise, the reasoning process becomes more and more simplified, but the characters in it become more and more interesting. People sigh. There are only a few strokes, not even rhetoric, but it allows you to penetrate directly into the inner world of the characters. It is really simple but not simple, and it is still too old to be spicy.

The planned chapters of this series: Qin Ming series/Ding Mo series/Agatha series/Sherlock Holmes series/Shimada Shoji series/Jiu Xi series/Remy series/Classic short story series/Classic Hong Kong drama series/ Classic American Drama Series/Classic Movie Series/Classic Online Drama Series

I wonder if everyone is interested?