Spy Classroom, Vol. 1 (light novel): Lily of the Garden
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- Author：Takemachi
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Summary
When every country in the world engages in a shadowy war of espionage， there will always be work for those who are willing to take on the risks。 To answer the call， the world's greatest spy creates an organization dedicated to tackling missions considered impossible。。。though it remains to be seen why the seven members of this group all have no experience！
Reviews
Aaron
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This novel is constantly scratching and scraping at the threshold of intrigue but never quite gets there。 Alas， breathless attempts at cleverness， and cleverness for its own sake， are never truly worthy of praise。 In SPY CLASSROOM #1， readers encounter a story for which the bulk of its narrative premise is to deliberately elide explanation， hoping to convince readers that details don't matter。 The result is thoroughly mixed and decidedly underwhelming。Lily， equipped with a silver bob cut and a d This novel is constantly scratching and scraping at the threshold of intrigue but never quite gets there。 Alas， breathless attempts at cleverness， and cleverness for its own sake， are never truly worthy of praise。 In SPY CLASSROOM #1， readers encounter a story for which the bulk of its narrative premise is to deliberately elide explanation， hoping to convince readers that details don't matter。 The result is thoroughly mixed and decidedly underwhelming。Lily， equipped with a silver bob cut and a ditzy disposition， transfers from a prestigious assassins-in-training school to a specialty boarding house。 She hopes to iron out the wrinkles of her decrepit academic record and shore up her skillset by meeting the otherworldly expectations of her new home's proprietor。 Lily and several other girls are in the same boat。 If they can succeed （or rather， survive） a mission at the end of the month， while under the tutelage of the handsome and mysterious Klaus， then these washout， wannabe assassins will make a name for themselves。 Simple and pleasant enough in concept， SPY CLASSROOM #1 is tremendously unwieldy in execution。 The novel's unpalatable nature is due exclusively to the author's explicit narrative choices: selectively omitting character identifiers beyond bland tropes （e。g。， hair color）， misidentifying when to properly withhold information from the reader， and retroactively and inadequately justifying context for the reader。 These three turns of storytelling do the novel zero favors。Surely， any number of tricks can esteem clever plotting。 However， by labeling characters according to their hair color in absence of a legitimate personality， the author isn't communicating to the reader in secret， the author is depriving the characters of agency。 Further， by relying on the old and aimless habit of informing readers only when it's convenient， the author doesn't build a spy story on missed cues， crafty details， or skilled habits， the author instead manifests a sequence of odd and reluctant contrivances （i。e。， details readers don't care to notice until the author pulls their attention toward it possess little to no creative value）。 Altogether， such is the case when most of the cast includes characters prone to tedious monologue and inane overexplanation so as to retroactively justify their thoughts， actions， betrayals， and unbearably numerous I-told-you-so moments。 SPY CLASSROOM #1 does， on occasion， pare down the overheated spy optimism in favor of schoolyard humor （e。g。， Lily and her friends learning to become better spies by attempting to capture their idiot instructor）。 This perspective helps frame an otherwise shoulder shrugging narrative constantly shifting direction and intention。 Lily is a delightful head case: she's smart enough to manufacture custom poisons to do in her foes， but not smart enough to watch where she steps when skulking in the dark。 If not for the novel's primary protagonist， and her comical blunders， SPY CLASSROOM #1 would very much feel like four or five novels， written separately， and knitted together at the very last moment。 One wonders if this novel would have fared better in its construction had the author not attempted to do so many things at once。 Instead of introducing ten characters simultaneously， why not start with just two or three， develop their identities and dependencies， and build from there？ Instead of wrecking the continuity by retroactively declaring one spy or another a genius， why not simply inform the reader of the subterfuge at the onset and let the situation play out （for better or for worse）？ By retroactively leveling its spy logic， there are no real stakes in this novel。 And if one is forcing Lily to do all of the novel's heavy lifting in terms of character personality， agency， and reader familiarity， then why not shift the novel from third-person perspective to first-person perspective？ SPY CLASSROOM #1 is not a particularly well-balanced story。 It makes an effort （perhaps too hard of an effort）， but readers will likely discern rather quickly that this novel does not deliver on its promise。 。。。more
Rebecca
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It's not quite a caper， nor is it quite a serious spy story， but I enjoyed this far more than I was expecting to and it does have its heart in the right place。 It's not quite a caper， nor is it quite a serious spy story， but I enjoyed this far more than I was expecting to and it does have its heart in the right place。 。。。more
Cell
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 我只在前面「要解決困境，先解決掉老師克勞斯」以及「綁架的歹徒與組織成員有關」這二部分有預先猜到剩下的部分就一直在享受作者的玩弄不過這本是得獎作，後續要維持感覺不容易--我懷疑作者參考了短期記憶能容納7±2個數字、字母、角色（？）的論文我根本懶得去記角色
Mylove4book
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沒有很驚艷但還算OK。 裡面的間諜手法還蠻老派的。。。看了Goodreads才發現原來這系列這麼多本， 看來是走克勞斯的後宮養成路線。 感覺這種騙來騙去形的題材， 一個不好就會陷入相似的迴圈。。。像是古澤良太的手法看多了，好像就是那幾個套路。
Iroha Miyumi
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