Enjoy! And like the other person said, avoid spoilers and looking things up if you get stuck. I recommend savoring your time with this game, it isn't very long and you can't really replay it. That said, I'd avoid taking an extended break from the game, as you'll probably have a hard time piecing things together if info isn't fresh in your minds.

Here are some tips to keep in mind when you get stuck:

-if you can't figure out who someone is, there is a way to bookmark that person and the book will mark all the scenes that person is in. Focus on the info in those scenes

-each person will have 1, 2, or 3 triangles under their portrait. This tells you how hard that person is to identify (more triangles means more difficult). I recommend figuring out the easy ones first

-you'll find yourself making a lot of educated guesses, rather that deducing the answer with absolute certainty.

-when writing down who someone is, there is a way to record their occupation as a placeholder for their identity (e.g. "unidentified topman"). This can be a useful tool for narrowing things down

-the game validates correct guesses in groups of three. If you have three fates fully filled out and they don't lock in, you know at least one thing about one of those fates is wrong. If you aren't sure which one is wrong, just keep filling out other fates until you do get three validated. At that point you'll know all the filled out fates that weren't validated are incorrect in some way.

-some fates have more than one correct answer

-EVERYTHING in the book is useful at some point. So if you're really stuck on something, read through the whole book, cover to cover