I discovered 07th Expansion because there was a girl I liked, and she loved Higurashi (the anime, though) so she always said to me that I should watch it and things like that. Around those times my brother started reading vns (Katawa Shoujo, as an example) so I started to find some interest in visual novels.
After a while I realized Higurashi had a vn, and thankfully I didn’t watch the anime by then, so I decided to read it.
At first I wasn’t sure what the story was about, just that there were crazy girls and a festival, so the begginning of the story was peace and tranquility for me… until the first murder!
What I liked the most of the story was how all pieces came together and give you the anwer. Higurashi Spoiler: I liked a lot the scene when Takano tells the story of demons in Hinamizawa to Keiichi. The first time she tells it, it gave chills to my spine. But the scene that surprised me a lot is when Keiichi was talking with Shion with the phone and Keiichi supects her of being the culprit of what was happening