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The Spider by Lars Kepler

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ebokhyllami's review against another edition

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3.0

Litt vel over the top...

emmareadscrime's review against another edition

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3.0

A sack with a decomposing body has been found tied to a tree in the forest. Soon after this, the police begin to receive complicated riddles from the killer, providing opportunities for them to stop the murders of future victims. Joona Linna and Saga Bauer struggle to solve the riddles and save further victims before it's too late.

Thank you Net Galley, Bonnier Books and Zaffre for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved the last book, The Mirror Man and I was so excited to read this this! This is the 9th Book in the series. Unfortunately I felt really let down by this! I’ve not read the first 7 books in this series. Unlike the mirror man, I felt I would have benefited and enjoyed this way more if I had read the other books.

I know this isn’t the books fault per se, but as the Mirror Man could be read much better as a stand alone, I was just caught off guard and left dissatisfied. I think I will have to read the whole series now and give this another chance- but it is going to be a very big commitment!

alina_jeschke's review against another edition

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4.0

Wciągająca fabuła, walka z czasem i misternie zaplanowana mordercza gra. Seryjny morderca utkał swoją intrygę, niczym pająk swoją sieć. A ja dałam się w nią wciagnąć bez reszty, cały czas mając nadzieje, że być może uda się przerwać tą morderczą grę.

Dziewięć kul, dziewięć ofiar i jedna osoba, która może to wszystko zatrzymać. Pająk dał policji wskazówki, teoretycznie mają wszystko, żeby go zatrzymać, jednak czy im się uda?

Ta książka jest po prostu GENIALNA. Tutaj wszystko gra. Fabuła jest dopięta na ostatki guzik, zwroty akcji powodują zawroty głowy, bohaterowie są bardzo dobrze wykreowani, napięcie towarzyszy tak naprawdę na każdej stronie. Dałam się złapać, w pewnym momencie stałam się podejrzliwa do granic możliwości i przestałam ufać bohaterom.

Jednak najmocniejszym punktem tej książki, w mojej opinii, jest motywacja tytułowego pająka. Tutaj nie ma przypadków. Wszystko jest dopracowane w najmniejszym szczególe.

Cóż mam więcej rzecz - NAJMOCNIEJ POLECAM.

jasmina_jedlickova's review against another edition

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5.0

Perfectly written, kept me on my toes for whole 500 pages

jlwebb's review against another edition

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3.0

Let me start off by saying I am a huge Kepler fan . As soon as this came out I abandoned all my responsibilities and began reading, so my ratings are usually bias based on the love I have for Kepler .

Unfortunately this book was a disappointment :(

The hardest part about this book was it relied on previous novels SO much . Remembering the events from Lazarus was easy as that book was a masterpiece. But Sandman ? Book 4 ?! Not so much , and given these novels are translated into English , the Swedish names and places are hard enough to remember already .
Most of the time I found myself just glazing over names and places because SO many were introduced .

Also , the plot was insane I felt like something new was happening every single chapter, there was no consistency to the story , random people were being added/ relied on for information. And after a while it just became another clue, and another clue and so on. The story of a police team always being a step behind the killer is a book I’ve read many times before.

I had high hopes , and now I’m mad
3/5 . Maybe a 2.5 :(