“Strange Buildings” (2023) by Uketsu

“It was clear you were so annoyed with the previous two books. Why are you still try reading this one?” “Each one of them is RM 70 at Kinokuniya. Times three, RM 210. That alone can buy all four of us decent meal at Salmon Dee Kap. I have to finish this.” — The conversation between Ari and I last night when he saw me entered Screaming Marmot mode yet again Okay, you know what, Imma just going to use a meme here. “Strange Buildings” consists of eleven seemingly-separated cases of, well, weird house/building plans that ended up interconnected as one huge case (hence the meme). It’s also titled as “Strange Houses #2”, so, yes, the conversationalist-style is back. That said, I noticed more improvements on this novel compared to “Strange Houses”. The scenes depicted were more detailed and the dialogues were not as choppy as before. “Strange Houses” felt like the first draft, and this novel felt like the said draft improved after good several sessions of feedback and meetings with the…