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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not as good as the first book. It felt like there were too many info dumps. Still, it's nice to see a detective who isn't tortured and has a good home life.
Different than previous books in series
Not as well written as the very first book in the Irene Huss series — and much easier to figure out early on. But we do get a glimpse behind the superintendent’s “cop face.”
Not as well written as the very first book in the Irene Huss series — and much easier to figure out early on. But we do get a glimpse behind the superintendent’s “cop face.”
Glass Devil is very different than a typical American whodunit. There are a lot of things thrown at you that don't have anything to do with the main portion of the story. I am so used to reading the american version that it took me a while to really get into the book. Also of note the fact that the police were taking so seriously the Satanic aspect of murders was very difficult for me to believe, but maybe those sorts of things are different in other countries. The translation of the novel could have been better as well, I think some of the idioms weren't translated as well as they could have been.
On the plus side it was well written and intriguing. I believe that most of what you get out of a book has to do with what you come to the book with. You relate to certain novels and don't with others because of personal experience. I have had my own experience with a glass devil that relating to the story was not difficult. There are always those people who (while maybe not as talented as Dexter Morgan) are able to deceive those who see them publicly while they are completely different in private. I think Irene's realization at the end of the book regarding glass devils was very astute.
"A glass devil is a person in whom evil becomes transparent. People simply don't see it, despite the fact that it's there all the time. The side of himself that the devil shows, blinds people...And no one wants to see him either."
On the plus side it was well written and intriguing. I believe that most of what you get out of a book has to do with what you come to the book with. You relate to certain novels and don't with others because of personal experience. I have had my own experience with a glass devil that relating to the story was not difficult. There are always those people who (while maybe not as talented as Dexter Morgan) are able to deceive those who see them publicly while they are completely different in private. I think Irene's realization at the end of the book regarding glass devils was very astute.
"A glass devil is a person in whom evil becomes transparent. People simply don't see it, despite the fact that it's there all the time. The side of himself that the devil shows, blinds people...And no one wants to see him either."
OK. Yes. It's totally another Scandanavian thriller about Satanists and Neo-Nazis. Apparently, I cannot stay away from this particular socio-cultural critique in crime fiction.
There's nothing particularly notable about this story yet. There's certainly not any attempt at a "literary" style in the manner of Jo Nesbo's Redbreast. That's ok. I am enjoying the straightforward story-telling. It's like a good episode of Masterpiece Mystery. Sometimes that's all I'm really looking for in a book.
I finished this 1/19/12. Meh.
There's nothing particularly notable about this story yet. There's certainly not any attempt at a "literary" style in the manner of Jo Nesbo's Redbreast. That's ok. I am enjoying the straightforward story-telling. It's like a good episode of Masterpiece Mystery. Sometimes that's all I'm really looking for in a book.
I finished this 1/19/12. Meh.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Read this one fast -- had a clue where this was going before the police detectives did, but then -- you did get the peek into the first victim's head in the prologue. Still, it took them a long time to realize what the motive for the murders were, and I do think there were hints about where it was going that they were fairly dense about -- not gaming out all the possibilities, so they were a bit blindsided when the big reveal happened.
Irene does get to travel to London in this one, and manage on shaky English. She even makes it to Scotland.
Enjoyed it, ready for the next one ... but will take a break to read something else first.
Irene does get to travel to London in this one, and manage on shaky English. She even makes it to Scotland.
Enjoyed it, ready for the next one ... but will take a break to read something else first.
I enjoyed this one, but didn't love the ending, which indicates essentially .