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Stalker

Lars Kepler

3.99 AVERAGE


3,5*
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Nja, det här var ett stort kliv tillbaka tycker jag. Jonna som är den karaktär jag gillar är med alldeles för lite och den undersköna Saga saknas nästan helt. Störande upprepningar av ord i miljöbeskrivningarna och ett upplägg som till och med jag kan utantill nu. Det får nog räcka med Kepler för min del men kanske, kanske, kanske (spoiler alert) om Saga ska frita Joona ur fängelset nästa gång.
dark mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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4.0
dark tense
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

 
In Stalker, Swedish police is following up on a weird homemade video that has been put up online. The video follows a woman who seems to be at home, watching TV and eating ice cream in her underwear. The weird part of the video is the angle in which it was taken. The camera appeared to be positioned from the window from outside the house and the woman in the video seemed oblivious that she was being watched, let alone being filmed in an intimate setting. Despite the strangeness of the details, what really alarmed the police was when a body was found and it turned out to be the very woman that was filmed on camera. The police needed to find the person who filmed the woman before her death – they could be a potential witness or they might just be the killer the police was looking for. 
 
A riveting read as expected, this fifth installment of the Joona Linna series has all the right ingredients for a good detective fiction novel. The book went to a very different turn than I predicted, it had solid characters and storyline, and an interesting case to follow that kept me wanting to know more until the final pages. The only reason I dropped a star rating is because while Joona Linna played a major part in solving the case, in many parts we are given the point of view of Erik Bark, the hypnotist. I don’t hate Erik’s character but I’m not exactly a fan. It was like reading a Poirot novel but he only appeared in the story for a short while which made the story less interesting because well, he is the star of the show. 
 
dark mysterious tense 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

Love this series but this def felt like a "we're getting the band back together!" kinda book lol. Everyone from the last books are back.

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4.5 stars.

Someone is filming women in their homes and then killing them... Are the victims connected or random? Is this killer a serial killer or just killed two victims? The hypnotist will tell you the truth!
I've always been attracted by Lars Kepler books, but never had a chance to read any of his books. The Stalker is the 5th book of the Joona Linda series, you can read it alone, but you will miss the background of some of the principal characters.
The Lars Kepler writing is so realistic that you can feel the fear and pain of the victims. You know, when you are watching a terror movie and close your eyes because you don't want to see how the "killer" hits the victim? Since I have read this book I check two times my windows at night!
I liked this book, it was interesting how the hypnotist tries to discover the hidden memories of the victims, I always found the hypnotism quite fascinating, discovering memories you don't know exist...!
I am not putting a high score in this book because I was quite lost with the characters, there were too many principal characters and sometimes it felt that their story didn't belong to the book. I highly recommend you to read all the series before starting this book, or you will be quite lost!
If you are searching for a good psychological thriller with drops of terror, this is your book!
Can you feel that someone is watching you?