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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This sure was a page turner, but had a few too many plot twists for me.
I was expecting my old friend Harry Hole, but was disappointed...murder & mayhem from another perspective that of a murderer and victim, all in the same person. Good read.
Really not sure how I feel about this one... I didn't particularly enjoy it, yet it kept me reading.
What I would give to pick the brain of Jo Nesbo... how he comes up with the scenarios in his novels fascinates me. I truly can't tell if Headhunters is genius or schlock. Some of the things that happen in this novel that have left me reeling. Stuff that's weird and gross and that I would never think to transmit on paper for the world to read if I was a serious novelist. But Nesbo somehow makes it work? I don't know if it's because he plays it mostly straight, because it's like a Norwegian literature thing, or because we're not really supposed to take an asshole like Roger Brown (the main character) seriously. But it works.
The rational side of me wants to sit here and tell you not to read Headhunters (especially combined with the way the Snowman movie turned out), but it honestly left me mesmerized and very interested in reading more Nesbo. Odd, salacious plot choices aside, it's an incredibly well-written and compelling novel.
The rational side of me wants to sit here and tell you not to read Headhunters (especially combined with the way the Snowman movie turned out), but it honestly left me mesmerized and very interested in reading more Nesbo. Odd, salacious plot choices aside, it's an incredibly well-written and compelling novel.
Made it about a third of the way through, and set it aside. Will finish this one day (maybe).
Absolutely a favourite!
I loved this and was astounded by the events. Funny, and yet touching, but downright scary at times. Great story.
I loved this and was astounded by the events. Funny, and yet touching, but downright scary at times. Great story.
I really enjoyed this book. Some oddly icky scenes in it but a great story and well written as usual.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I saw this movie a long time ago and loved it so I’m glad I finally read the book. Nesbo is one of my favorites, I’ve never read anything by him that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy. This is a fun entry with great humor and compelling writing. It goes a little off the rails and gets tied up a little too neatly but I actually go for that so I can’t really knock it.
I really like the Harry Hole books and thought I knew what I was getting myself into here-- Nesbo slumming it a little, getting away from the pressure of the architecture going book to book in the main series. And yet, for the first fifty or sixty pages, I wasn't into this: the main character was a dick, and I knew that was intentional but I still didn't like him. I found his art heist sideline kind of ludicrous, and felt that Nesbo was leaning too heavy on the small man syndrome in place of real character.
And then, as often happens, the details and twists accumulate, and I finally realized I was in a different universe than the Harry Hole books, a patently ludicrous and over-the-top one where people hide out in shitters till they get rammed by eighteen wheelers, where time GPS technology is the baddest stuff ever. This becomes, in short order, a rather wild ride. I think that it peaks, honestly, a little too soon, with the eighteen wheeler collision, and has one and a half too many epilogues, but if you know Nesbo, his endings often go on too long, so that's no surprise.
I liked this, but if you like me expect something in the same moral universe as the Harry Hole books, rearrange your expectations some before you start this one-- think more like Elmore Leonard, maybe, or as the back flap says, Tarrantino or Coen Brothers instead of Scorcese.
And then, as often happens, the details and twists accumulate, and I finally realized I was in a different universe than the Harry Hole books, a patently ludicrous and over-the-top one where people hide out in shitters till they get rammed by eighteen wheelers, where time GPS technology is the baddest stuff ever. This becomes, in short order, a rather wild ride. I think that it peaks, honestly, a little too soon, with the eighteen wheeler collision, and has one and a half too many epilogues, but if you know Nesbo, his endings often go on too long, so that's no surprise.
I liked this, but if you like me expect something in the same moral universe as the Harry Hole books, rearrange your expectations some before you start this one-- think more like Elmore Leonard, maybe, or as the back flap says, Tarrantino or Coen Brothers instead of Scorcese.
A great psychological thriller. Excellent plot twists and turns. Hard to put down.