這一部的風格和前面九部迥異，不但是少見的長篇作品，連結構布局也相當不同。一開始看見我們熟悉的、晴明幼時目睹百鬼夜行的往事，原本以為又要舊事新敘了，沒想到這一次驚險遭遇竟然是險些憾動日本命運事件「平將門之亂」的插曲，並且在二十年後達到高峰。

由於本書敘事時間長達二十年，出場人物相當多，大多角色又各自有一段故事，晴明和博雅登場的時間相對較短，但是絕對不影響本書的精采程度。每章的時空背景今昔交錯，讓讀者步步進入謎團的核心；故事的行進節奏也相當緊湊，讓我捨不得放下。

以往中短篇的《陰陽師》多虧了博雅的憨直傻氣與晴明的悠然自得，故事氣氛多是較為輕鬆的，但也有陷入公式化的問題。在《三腳鐵環》後記中讀到，這本《瀧夜叉姬》是在電影版第一集籌備期間、以改編成電影為目標而開始寫作的，看到這裡我恍然大悟，終於明白為什麼這本書一開始給人都感覺就這麼不一樣——主要角色個性面貌都十分鮮明、情節如此環環相扣、劇情轉折引人入勝，結局卻又充滿遺憾、讓人不勝唏噓。

這一本是我看到目前為止最喜歡的一部，誠心推薦。

乩童警探三部曲的最終章，應該是在疫情期間寫作完成，張老師也將疫情一併寫進書中。小說的時間點選在炎炎夏日，這首最終章也在夏季的高溫與疫情的雙重夾擊之下，氣氛完全迥異於前兩部的歡樂諧趣，少了喜劇擔當齊老大與丙法醫兩位前輩吃遍大江南北美食與鬥嘴，倒是多了小蟲和飛鳥的針鋒相對，讓本書的步調壓抑沉重許多。
或許也是因為最終曲的事件主要談論的是身患重病高齡長輩的議題，畢竟不好以戲謔態度看待，小說的節奏依然流暢、辦案過程依舊精彩，但是結尾卻多了一點讓人不勝唏噓的感覺。
謝謝張國立老師一直寫出精彩好看的小說，繼續期待張老師之後的作品。

Sonst nix mehr.

Charaktere sind flach. Man kann den Leser nicht so überzeugen, daß ein altes Dienstpaar treu ist, indem man immerwieder so betonen.

Ebenso die Geschichte. Die Protagonisten schaffen fast alles ganz locker, ohne höhe Hürde überwinden zu müssen. Vincenzo soll wirklich gelitten haben, so heißt es, aber sein Leiden ist kaum rübergekommen.

Meiner Meinung nach kann vieles im Buch noch vertieft werden, das Zeitalter, die Kastraten, die Unterdrükung der Frauen (wenn auch von Frauen), Konflikten zwischen Rom und den deutschen Adeligen... oder verlange ich einfach zu viel von einem Debütroman?

XD.

Another kind of classic. You have absolute no idea what you're reading, but you still find it enjoyable.

It's more like a "verkehrtes Theater" than a verkehrte Welt. The playwright and one actor shouting at each other, another actor quits playing, someone from the audience stands up and takes the place.

The actor comes in now as character A and 5 minutes later as character B. Another 15 minutes went by, he comes in and the secondary text reads "as A or B".

A brewer and a baker are fencing while rebels are reigning the other side of the kingdom. You ask them why and the answer is: "no idea, we just feel like to."

Oh yes, this one turns you upside down. But a logic and a thread is not needed in this play. If you had fun "Scary Movies" you'll know what it's like.

One little tip: like the title of this comment suggested, you'll have more fun if you're familiar with stuffs like Shakespeare. It's a commedia dell'arte, man! XD

應該是 "De bello gallico"，好嗎？這樣我很難把這本書帶出門啊…orz

Take a (not so) wild guess, the two Chinese translators have serious pronunciation problems, so it caused some trouble (should I say pain) to see the names translated that way.

Anyway, I don't know why I ordered this one, I should have had more fun reading this in English or even in German.

Gave it 2 stars for the text itself, will read at least the English translation someday.

But I just can't.

Had to read this book in our study group, but couldn't finish it before the meeting.

From my experience in this study group, I guessed something might happen during the meeting. In order to keep my fun from being spoiled, I had to beat it ahead and ask one of my friends on the way: "Is HE the murder??"

He knodded.

And that's it.

I can't go on with this one when I've already guess who the murder is... orz

I finished it during a journey to Prag in Fall 2003, was all flushed when I closed the book. Tried to translated it but someone got it before me.

BTW, can't quite remember if this is the edition I have...haha.