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Cockroaches

Jo Nesbø

3.52 AVERAGE

tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Wasn't expecting him to go to Bangcok in this book, but it was better than I thought it would be too.
adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Much better than the bat. 
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Esta historia me resultó mucho más ágil que el primer libro de la saga de Harry Hole.

I suspect the mode of consumption was the issue here. I listened to the audio. Between the Scandinavian names, the Thai names and the subject matter this was hard to follow. Will go back to paper for the next one.
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
tense fast-paced

Thought this was noticeably worse than Book 1 and was disappointed with lack of immersion into Bangkok. I anticipated much more of the book would deal with Bangkok as a character of the book. Still a captivating, quick-flowing Harry Hole novel nonetheless.

This is one of Nesbo's early works and it shows. His story is interesting, but his characters are somewhat two-dimensional. I much prefer his later works where he develops his characters better. But it was interesting to see where he started in his writing.