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Really good, interesting cases, easy to follow along character's deduction and reasoning. Which is rare for me what with my short attention span and one and a half braincells.I love both the MC and ML and their interaction with each other. Was worried at first because Song Wen seemed like he was the type to have prejudice against Lu Siyu because of his wealth, like some other police novels I've read. Thank god it wasn't like that. Speaking of MC & ML though, which one is which? I honestly thought Song Wen is the MC because we mostly follow the story and revelation from his POV, though Lu Siyu is the one most closely entangled with the 'main' plot.Anyway. If there's one thing I feel underwhelming about this novel, is the very last case versus the Big Boss of the main plot. I felt no sense of excitement when they're chasing leads and uncovering secrets. And then later Spoiler
it's revealed that they were already in control the whole time and already knew who the Big Boss was so it was more them trying to lure the guy into their trap.
[collapse] Lu Siyu's interrogation of the guy afterwards though is some of my favorite faceslapping moments.Lastly, isn't the title listed/translated on this NU page wrong? Criminal Investigation Notes is the sequel/spin-off featuring different set of characters. The novel with Song Wen & Lu Siyu is translated as Criminal Investigation Files/Archive. Just putting this here in case someone wants to translate the other novel and gets confused seeing this page.