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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
One of the best of the series. The translation is a tad better than the others, yet this one also contains awkwardly written English expressions and colloquialisms. Still, Harry at his finest. This was the very first I'd read of the Harry Hole series, back in 2011. I'm glad I've reread it; I'd forgotten a great deal. Now Hollywood just wrapped production on a feature length film starring Michael Fassbender as Harry. Hope it lives up to the book.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've read this book multiple times and it is a gripping tale that I can't put down. Every Harry Hole novel is better than the last but this one is one of the best! Harry Hole is the one fictional character I care the MOST about of all fictional characters.
Best of the three Nesbo titles that I've read (The Bat, Cockroaches). Thriller and a creepy one at that. But definitely too many switch-ups/red herrings to fully hold my attention. By the end I was just happy to be finished, and cared less about the who or why than usual.
I really want to love Nordic noir. I really wanted to love this book… but… meh. The pacing was too slow for me and I guessed who the killer was about half way through. I’ll probably Google to see where the series goes but I don’t think I’ll commit to reading anymore Harry Hole books.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I listened to this one as an audiobook - so I couldn't cheat (easily) and skip ahead. Gripping plot and entertaining.
I continue my love-like relationship with this police detective series --I've read seven out of seven in the order they were written and published in Norway. I continue to like Harry, the work-obsessed police inspector, a sometimes-recovering alcoholic. These are great airplane and airport books. It's easy to lose yourself in the story. The writing is more than competent, and sometimes I get a big dose of atmosphere, sensing an essence of Norway, which I have never visited.
Compared with others in the series, this is in the "better" pile. It does not introduce any over-the-limit complications in the plot (the worst one for that was The Redbreast), but it did keep me guessing for most of the book, and it throws in a pretty good red herring too.
I know now I will keep on reading this series. I read very, very little detective or crime fiction, but the Harry Hole series has just the right mix to keep me coming back.
Compared with others in the series, this is in the "better" pile. It does not introduce any over-the-limit complications in the plot (the worst one for that was The Redbreast), but it did keep me guessing for most of the book, and it throws in a pretty good red herring too.
I know now I will keep on reading this series. I read very, very little detective or crime fiction, but the Harry Hole series has just the right mix to keep me coming back.
Ah, the joy of audiobooks read by men that have female characters (especially when the genre is hard boiled) - a hoarse, gruff voice doing soft, breathy, “sexy” voices is just laughable. An ugly, painfully long book - I figured out the murderer in the first 40 minutes, and then had to suffer through three other “feasible” possibilities. Not recommended.