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pam2375's review against another edition
4.0
OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY! This is an awesome start to what I hope will be a long series of books. This is not your typical "nordic noir". It kept me on the edge of my seat for most of the book.
My thanks to Netgalley and Gallery, Pocket Books for this advanced readers copy. This book is set to release in January, 2020.
My thanks to Netgalley and Gallery, Pocket Books for this advanced readers copy. This book is set to release in January, 2020.
ank3's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
ptrshr's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
marvsbooks's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
bigworm's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
kaceyp14's review
3.0
Liked it a lot until about 3/4 of the way through. Then it seemed too predictable.
hm_brotherton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
candacesiegle_greedyreader's review
4.0
I'd been hankering for a good Nordic Noir novel, and "The Tenant" hit the mark. Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the egalley.
An elderly tenant of a Copenhagen apartment building stumbles going down the stairs while taking the garbage out and falls through the open door of his downstairs neighbor, landing on her dead body. The young woman has been murdered, a strange pattern cut into her face.
The detectives assigned to the case are Jeppe Koerner and Annette Werner. Jeppe has recently fallen apart following his divorce and we don't know much about Annette except that she and her husband have border collies and adore each other. They learn that the building owner, a recently retired professor who lives on the third floor, is writing a novel that describes the crime scene quite accurately.
It's good. The detectives need to be better developed but there's enough there to carry the reader along. The end is a little convoluted but not absurdly so. "The Tenant" lacks that piece of creepiness that makes Nordic Noir so weird, but from page one to the end, it will draw you along.
~~Candace Siegle, Greedy Reader
An elderly tenant of a Copenhagen apartment building stumbles going down the stairs while taking the garbage out and falls through the open door of his downstairs neighbor, landing on her dead body. The young woman has been murdered, a strange pattern cut into her face.
The detectives assigned to the case are Jeppe Koerner and Annette Werner. Jeppe has recently fallen apart following his divorce and we don't know much about Annette except that she and her husband have border collies and adore each other. They learn that the building owner, a recently retired professor who lives on the third floor, is writing a novel that describes the crime scene quite accurately.
It's good. The detectives need to be better developed but there's enough there to carry the reader along. The end is a little convoluted but not absurdly so. "The Tenant" lacks that piece of creepiness that makes Nordic Noir so weird, but from page one to the end, it will draw you along.
~~Candace Siegle, Greedy Reader