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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
2/5: couldn’t wait for it to be over, I was SO bored and I didn’t even care about the characters. Took me a while to get through cause I was not enjoying it. I don’t know if it’s my reading slump or what but I feel like I have been so bored by every book I read lately :(
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars, pretty sophisticated for a mystery thriller, as most Scandinavian thrillers tend to be.
Listened to this on road trips with Dan. He enjoyed it, too.
Listened to this on road trips with Dan. He enjoyed it, too.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Recommended by Bibi, and thought it would be a great read since it’s Winter and wanting a Mystery narrative while being cozy. I borrowed the Hard Print but didn’t like the uneven pages, which led me to borrow a paperback version.
There's not much to say about The Snowman but I thought it was… okay? I didn’t connect with the characters, but I was interested in the mystery, although I wasn’t as much of a fan of Nesbo’s writing. Mainly because of how he writes everyone as perverse and how he writes Katrina and the main detective, Harry Hole’s partner with whom he had a falling out. While the mystery was as engaging, I found myself feeling as uninterested as time went on until I was 350 pages into the book. Mysteries do have a purpose in building up to the bigger picture, though Snowman sort of lacked a bit of cohesion.
Very happy I got to read a recommendation due to my wanting to read books that are recommended to me.
There's not much to say about The Snowman but I thought it was… okay? I didn’t connect with the characters, but I was interested in the mystery, although I wasn’t as much of a fan of Nesbo’s writing. Mainly because of how he writes everyone as perverse and how he writes Katrina and the main detective, Harry Hole’s partner with whom he had a falling out. While the mystery was as engaging, I found myself feeling as uninterested as time went on until I was 350 pages into the book. Mysteries do have a purpose in building up to the bigger picture, though Snowman sort of lacked a bit of cohesion.
Very happy I got to read a recommendation due to my wanting to read books that are recommended to me.
A fairly standard but well-executed thriller.
I enjoyed the creepy Snowman motif and the distinctively Scandinavian setting, with its dense snowy forests and high ski slopes.
As a mystery, it is pretty basic; a number of red herrings and a standard 'it-was-the-doctor' resolution. The deduction was fairly sub-par, with the detectives constantly behind the ball. As a thriller, it was pretty engaging, and I finished this in more or less two sittings.
The plot centers around a misogynistic murderer who murders to kill 'whores'. As a motive, it is pretty histrionic, and fairly uninteresting woman-hating. The murderer's cold-blooded planning and execution makes up for the weakness of his motivations.
I enjoyed the creepy Snowman motif and the distinctively Scandinavian setting, with its dense snowy forests and high ski slopes.
As a mystery, it is pretty basic; a number of red herrings and a standard 'it-was-the-doctor' resolution. The deduction was fairly sub-par, with the detectives constantly behind the ball. As a thriller, it was pretty engaging, and I finished this in more or less two sittings.
The plot centers around a misogynistic murderer who murders to kill 'whores'. As a motive, it is pretty histrionic, and fairly uninteresting woman-hating. The murderer's cold-blooded planning and execution makes up for the weakness of his motivations.
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:
Yes
I have to admit that it did pick up some at the end, but most of the time I was just upset at how dumb some of the decisions and conclusions they came to were. Also, not that this is the mark of a bad mystery, but I did call the killer less than halfway through the book. It's a passably entertaining murder mystery filled with the obligatory twists and red herrings, but it was not my kind of book. Also, Harry Hole is such a bad name
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes