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edgwareviabank's review
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
3.0
The Axe Woman felt more literary than the average Nordic noir. I sometimes lost patience with its slow pace, as the solution to the mystery at its core is fairly predictable. There's more to the book than a criminal case, though, and I did enjoy the way Håkan Nesser dives deep into his characters' inner worlds. The people he writes about are complex, imperfect humans, trying to handle the blows life deals them, and sometimes having to unlearn what they think they know about right and wrong. Grief is a constant presence, and it looms big over the story, so that a few chapters can be a heavy read - though there is room for hopeful notes towards the end.
kjlarsen's review against another edition
4.0
En god krimi med de virkemidler der skal til, og med et ret interessant persongalleri, især vores ene hovedperson Slagteren, er ret godt skildret
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