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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
mysterious
slow-paced
Jeg begynte (dessverre? - nei, kan ikke si det heller - ved et uhell!) med fjerdeboka i serien til Bakkeid med Thorkild Aske i hovedrollen. Knallbra! Lovet meg selv å lese hele serien. Dette er bok nr 1. For en start på serien! Anbefaler alle å starte med nr 1 :-)
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3,5 / 5 tähteä. Viihdyin hyvin tämän tumma sävyisen dekkarin parissa. Vetävä tarina piti otteessaan ja oli mainiota lääkettä lukujumin parantelussa.
Meren aaveet oli paikoitellen melko puistattava ja tunnelmaltaan kauhuun vivahtava. Yliluonnollisia elementtejä hyödynnetään ja yhdistettää Pohjois-Norjan karuun luontoon.
Päähenkilö on moniongelmainen ja elämän runtelema entinen poliisi, mikä ei ollut sinänsä yllättävää. En hirveästi pitänyt Thorkildista, ainakaan aluksi. Hän oli hyvin masentava tyyppi. Loppua kohden onneksi mielipiteeni alkoi muuttua hieman positiivisempaan suuntaan, mutta hänen ehdottomasti tarvii hankkia apua itselleen.
Meren aaveet oli paikoitellen melko puistattava ja tunnelmaltaan kauhuun vivahtava. Yliluonnollisia elementtejä hyödynnetään ja yhdistettää Pohjois-Norjan karuun luontoon.
Päähenkilö on moniongelmainen ja elämän runtelema entinen poliisi, mikä ei ollut sinänsä yllättävää. En hirveästi pitänyt Thorkildista, ainakaan aluksi. Hän oli hyvin masentava tyyppi. Loppua kohden onneksi mielipiteeni alkoi muuttua hieman positiivisempaan suuntaan, mutta hänen ehdottomasti tarvii hankkia apua itselleen.
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Thank you for the copy @bloomsburyindia.
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Lately I've been investing my time in reading translated books so when this particular novel was gifted, I was ecstatic. Originally written in Norwegian by Heine Bakkeid and translated into English by Anne Bruce, this novel was the first in the series that featured Thorkild Aske. I always enjoy a good thriller be it psychological or a plain old murder case. But what I encountered in this novel was slightly different from the ones that I read in the past and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Although the translation was carried out well, it all felt a bit too forced.
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Thorkild Aske is an ex- Chief Inspector in his forties, freshly out of prison for being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. With no friends on the outside apart from his sister and a psychiatrist, he is still deeply haunted by his past. He contemplates his death almost every free second and can't seem to begin his day without the pack of tablets that he carries at all times. The accident in which he lost his beloved Frei and for which he was sent to prison, heaves his life upside down. While he is still struggling to come to terms with her loss, he is handed over a case of unearthing Frei's cousin who went missing somewhere near the Norwegian coast. Much to his annoyance, he is forced to hunt down the young man even though deep down he believes that the man might be dead.
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The story starts fairly simple and picks up pace only when he arrives at the coastal area. But the case gets messy when he finds the body of a young woman whom no one has reported missing instead of that of the young man. Things begin to look murky when couple of police officers go missing around the same time and Aske is convinced that there's foul play involved. Rest of the story proceeds to unravel the murderer in great detail. Apart from narrating the murder mystery, the author has taken an interest in imbibing supernatural activites to enhance the story. This is where the story began to lose it's grip on me.
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One of the most crucial things to nail a murder mystery is the sense of unpredictability that the story carries. Unfortunately, in this story I knew right from the start who the murderer was and my guess turned out to be right. This novel had great potential but it fell short of a lot of aspects that makes a perfect thriller. The language for instance still had a fierce presence in spite of the translation. The main character Aske, was not my favorite. In fact, his entire relationship with Frei seemed very weak and amateurish which is why his obsession with his past didn't quite seem right. Most of the book was stretched like a bubblegum in which Aske deals with his drug problem and the accident. It felt repetitive and unnecessarily lengthy. What could have been a solid crime mystery felt very average.
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Rating - 3.3/5.
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Thank you for the copy @bloomsburyindia.
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Lately I've been investing my time in reading translated books so when this particular novel was gifted, I was ecstatic. Originally written in Norwegian by Heine Bakkeid and translated into English by Anne Bruce, this novel was the first in the series that featured Thorkild Aske. I always enjoy a good thriller be it psychological or a plain old murder case. But what I encountered in this novel was slightly different from the ones that I read in the past and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Although the translation was carried out well, it all felt a bit too forced.
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Thorkild Aske is an ex- Chief Inspector in his forties, freshly out of prison for being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. With no friends on the outside apart from his sister and a psychiatrist, he is still deeply haunted by his past. He contemplates his death almost every free second and can't seem to begin his day without the pack of tablets that he carries at all times. The accident in which he lost his beloved Frei and for which he was sent to prison, heaves his life upside down. While he is still struggling to come to terms with her loss, he is handed over a case of unearthing Frei's cousin who went missing somewhere near the Norwegian coast. Much to his annoyance, he is forced to hunt down the young man even though deep down he believes that the man might be dead.
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The story starts fairly simple and picks up pace only when he arrives at the coastal area. But the case gets messy when he finds the body of a young woman whom no one has reported missing instead of that of the young man. Things begin to look murky when couple of police officers go missing around the same time and Aske is convinced that there's foul play involved. Rest of the story proceeds to unravel the murderer in great detail. Apart from narrating the murder mystery, the author has taken an interest in imbibing supernatural activites to enhance the story. This is where the story began to lose it's grip on me.
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One of the most crucial things to nail a murder mystery is the sense of unpredictability that the story carries. Unfortunately, in this story I knew right from the start who the murderer was and my guess turned out to be right. This novel had great potential but it fell short of a lot of aspects that makes a perfect thriller. The language for instance still had a fierce presence in spite of the translation. The main character Aske, was not my favorite. In fact, his entire relationship with Frei seemed very weak and amateurish which is why his obsession with his past didn't quite seem right. Most of the book was stretched like a bubblegum in which Aske deals with his drug problem and the accident. It felt repetitive and unnecessarily lengthy. What could have been a solid crime mystery felt very average.
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Rating - 3.3/5.
medium-paced
Thorkild Aske, ehemaliger interner Ermittler der norwegischen Polizei und ein gefragter Verhörspezialist wird aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Von Schuldgefühlen und Schmerzen geplagt, steht er vor dem Scherbenhaufen seines Lebens. Von seinem Freund und Psychologen Ulf lässt sich Thorkild überreden nach Rasmus Moritzen, einem jungen Mann zu suchen. Rasmus arbeitet auf einer verlassenen Leuchtturmwärterinsel im norwegischen Meer und ist spurlos verschwunden. Die dortige Polizei geht von einem Tauchunfall aus, aber Rasmus Eltern wollen sich mit dieser Erklärung nicht zufrieden geben. Thorkild fährt in den Norden und beginnt nach Rasmus zu suchen, aber schon bald muss er feststellen das er nicht alleine ist auf der kargen Felseninsel. Während eines starken Herbststurmes wird tatsächlich eine Leiche angeschwemmt, aber es ist nicht Rasmus…
…und morgen werde ich dich vermissen stammt aus der Feder von Heine Bakkeid.
Thorkild Aske ist ein mehr als ungewöhnlicher Ermittler, völlig kaputt, von Schuldgefühlen zerfressen und von Schmerzen geplagt, unter einem massiven Medikamenteneinfluss stehend, versucht er Rasmus Moritzen zu finden der spurlos verschwunden ist. Thorkild ist als Protagonist kein Sympathieträger, was ich manchmal ganz erfrischend finde, hier war es mir oftmals einfach zu viel, denn die Geschichte braucht wirklich lange um in Fahrt zu kommen, da sich erstmal alles nur um Thorkild dreht. Auch wenn dies im späteren Verlauf abnimmt und die eigentliche Geschichte sich mehr in den Vordergrund stellt, empfand ich seine persönlichen Befindlichkeiten und auch die Beschäftigung mit bestimmten Körperfunktionen manchmal doch recht nervig. Thorkilds Vergangenheit wird dem Leser in eingestreuten Rückblenden erzählt und so erfährt man nach und nach wie es dazu kommen konnte das Thorkild im Gefängnis gelandet ist.
Bei der eigentlichen Geschichte flackern immer wieder Spannungsmomente auf, die mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen hat, leider sagte mir der leicht mystische Touch der sich manchmal in die Geschichte einschlich, hier nicht wirklich zu, dies war mich zu flach um bei mir ein Spannungsgefühl auszulösen. Zum Ende kommt wirklich Fahrt auf und es entsteht eine flüssige Erzählung, die die Geschichte flott vorantreibt um in einem für mich gelungenes Finale zu enden.
Was mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen hat ist die Atmosphäre, die der Autor erschaffen hat, man kann hier wirklich in die karge, teils einsame Welt auf der Felseninsel mit den düsteren Herbststürmen eintauchen.
Mein Fazit:
Ein unterhaltsamer Thriller, der einige Zeit brauchte um mich zu fesseln, der mich aber mit einer gelungenen Atmosphäre für sich einnehmen konnte.
…und morgen werde ich dich vermissen stammt aus der Feder von Heine Bakkeid.
Thorkild Aske ist ein mehr als ungewöhnlicher Ermittler, völlig kaputt, von Schuldgefühlen zerfressen und von Schmerzen geplagt, unter einem massiven Medikamenteneinfluss stehend, versucht er Rasmus Moritzen zu finden der spurlos verschwunden ist. Thorkild ist als Protagonist kein Sympathieträger, was ich manchmal ganz erfrischend finde, hier war es mir oftmals einfach zu viel, denn die Geschichte braucht wirklich lange um in Fahrt zu kommen, da sich erstmal alles nur um Thorkild dreht. Auch wenn dies im späteren Verlauf abnimmt und die eigentliche Geschichte sich mehr in den Vordergrund stellt, empfand ich seine persönlichen Befindlichkeiten und auch die Beschäftigung mit bestimmten Körperfunktionen manchmal doch recht nervig. Thorkilds Vergangenheit wird dem Leser in eingestreuten Rückblenden erzählt und so erfährt man nach und nach wie es dazu kommen konnte das Thorkild im Gefängnis gelandet ist.
Bei der eigentlichen Geschichte flackern immer wieder Spannungsmomente auf, die mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen hat, leider sagte mir der leicht mystische Touch der sich manchmal in die Geschichte einschlich, hier nicht wirklich zu, dies war mich zu flach um bei mir ein Spannungsgefühl auszulösen. Zum Ende kommt wirklich Fahrt auf und es entsteht eine flüssige Erzählung, die die Geschichte flott vorantreibt um in einem für mich gelungenes Finale zu enden.
Was mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen hat ist die Atmosphäre, die der Autor erschaffen hat, man kann hier wirklich in die karge, teils einsame Welt auf der Felseninsel mit den düsteren Herbststürmen eintauchen.
Mein Fazit:
Ein unterhaltsamer Thriller, der einige Zeit brauchte um mich zu fesseln, der mich aber mit einer gelungenen Atmosphäre für sich einnehmen konnte.
I received an ARC copy of this book fem net galley via Bloomsbury publishing in exchange for an honest review.
I believe this book was written by a fabulist,
Here we have an ex policeman indicted for driving under the influence of drugs and killing someone in an RTA at the same time. improsned for 3 years, released into the care of the community and a psychotherapist who encourages him to work for a couple as a private investigator into their son's disappearance.
It starts off as unbelievable and finishes off as pure fantasy as he discharges himself from hospital, just out of intensive care, having escaped the ward to attend a post mortem of the person he is meant to have murdered. Then in this tenuous state of health he goes diving to try and solve the mystery of the disappearance of 2 policeman, one woman and one man who has the woman's arm attached to his body by plastic tags.
I am sorry if you are confused by this review it is simply a reflection of the confusion i had reading this spectacular rubbish. If i could i would give this no stars. Suffice it to say this is the last books i will read by this author
I believe this book was written by a fabulist,
Here we have an ex policeman indicted for driving under the influence of drugs and killing someone in an RTA at the same time. improsned for 3 years, released into the care of the community and a psychotherapist who encourages him to work for a couple as a private investigator into their son's disappearance.
It starts off as unbelievable and finishes off as pure fantasy as he discharges himself from hospital, just out of intensive care, having escaped the ward to attend a post mortem of the person he is meant to have murdered. Then in this tenuous state of health he goes diving to try and solve the mystery of the disappearance of 2 policeman, one woman and one man who has the woman's arm attached to his body by plastic tags.
I am sorry if you are confused by this review it is simply a reflection of the confusion i had reading this spectacular rubbish. If i could i would give this no stars. Suffice it to say this is the last books i will read by this author
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I was very excited to read this. Another Nordic Noir but this time it seemed even more chilling, more remote and more unsettling than ever. That cover for starters will chill many readers. That lone boat, the rippling dark water and that title……brrrr
Once inside, we meet central cop Thorkild Aske who likes his drink and has troubles. He’s also a drug user and during one of these sessions, we find out that he’s a murderer and knows prison from both sides of the bars. He has many problems and even tried to commit suicide. To make matter worse, his colleagues seem to hate him. Still, he’s still keen to solve mysteries. When someone asks him to find a missing man, he sets off to find him. The whole story starts off slow, but this is like a pot coming to the boil…all of a sudden…..
This case is not going to be easy as the police think that he’s simply drowned but his mother is not that sure. He has to go to a very remote spot in Nrothern Norway to work on the case however. Stay in a lighthouse. Could this place be any creepier or isolated?
The investigator Thorkild Aske has a failed suicide attempt and three years in prison behind him. Drug-influenced, he killed a woman and now he is hated and ejected by his colleagues. Ashes are persuaded to move to a lighthouse far up in Norway to help search for a lost young man, whom the police have written off as drowned, while the mother still believes that he is alive.
The story from this point on is not your normal Nordic Noir. It’s para …normal. Sorry. There are battles with ghosts past and present and the feeling that there is a presence in this raw, wild place. The unforgiving landscape, the blustery cold weather, the remoteness, the claustrophobia and that dilapidated lighthouse. One small light in the dark…
There’s lots to like here – ghosts, unreliable narrators, a creepy raw landscape and a blustering chilly wind to create the perfect mix for Nordic Noir.
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I recieved a copy of I Will Miss You Tomorrow from Bloomsbury Publishing Australia in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts are my own.
This was quite unbelievable! Firstly, I can’t believe how many self-inflicted close calls Thorkild had! I mean, when we meet him he is essentially just coming back into regular society, having tried to take his own life in a prison shower!
Naturally, I felt for the guy – he had been so noted and respected in his career once upon a time, in the police force, until…well, truthfully I suppose it all unravelled for him when he met Frei, really.
It’s interesting, the fact that the book was told in various times, chapter-wise, led me to wonder what exactly happened with our main character and this Frei woman – although, I had prior deduced that Frei met a tragic fate, with the Sypnosis indicating that Thorkild had lost her and also that in the very first scene, it illustrates the scene where Thorkild indeed tries to take his own life, hoping to see Frei in one last vision.
Thorkild truthfully has been one of the most complex characters I’ve ever come across, I felt so sorry for him as I’ve mentioned but then there were times throughout where he just unleashed such a temper! I mean, he practically punches his Brother-in-law for hurting his Sister, but in my opinion, upon reflection of his own divorce he was completely indifferent. You could definitely say though, that Frei had consumed every once of him!
It is in a sense, because of his connection with Frei, that he lands himself having to investigate the disappearance of her young male cousin, who had gone diving and not been seen/heard from since. The anguish of the young gentleman’s parents were understandably heart wrenching, and despite his reluctance to jump back into the field, he knows he will do his best to find out what happens.
I’m quite happy to know that this book is the first in a series, truthfully there were so many times where I was thinking “he’s actually going to die – after everything, he’s gonna get what he wants”- and honestly, how he survived is honestly beyond me! Especially when the penultimate twist is revealed, things seemed so murky for Thorkild, it was so suspenseful!
The pacing of this book is constantly edge of your seat action, I’d never actually read a Nordic Thriller before, it was definitely very dark and gritty and one that will be sticking in my mind for time to come! I really found myself enjoying the intricacies of Thorkild’s life, from his personal tragedies and those horrible demons he was facing constantly, to his banter and sometimes bitter moments with his sister and former workmates, I honestly believe that people were wanting to help Thorkild, and seen as he did indeed defy death (it feels like he did, I still can’t believe how many wretched close calls he had!), so it’s definitely going to be interesting to see where Thorkild’s journey takes him next!
Thank you so much again Bloomsbury Publishing Australia for sending me a copy of this book to read and review, definitely recommending to all your lovers of Nordic Fiction or anyone who indeed loves a great Thriller!
I recieved a copy of I Will Miss You Tomorrow from Bloomsbury Publishing Australia in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts are my own.
This was quite unbelievable! Firstly, I can’t believe how many self-inflicted close calls Thorkild had! I mean, when we meet him he is essentially just coming back into regular society, having tried to take his own life in a prison shower!
Naturally, I felt for the guy – he had been so noted and respected in his career once upon a time, in the police force, until…well, truthfully I suppose it all unravelled for him when he met Frei, really.
It’s interesting, the fact that the book was told in various times, chapter-wise, led me to wonder what exactly happened with our main character and this Frei woman – although, I had prior deduced that Frei met a tragic fate, with the Sypnosis indicating that Thorkild had lost her and also that in the very first scene, it illustrates the scene where Thorkild indeed tries to take his own life, hoping to see Frei in one last vision.
Thorkild truthfully has been one of the most complex characters I’ve ever come across, I felt so sorry for him as I’ve mentioned but then there were times throughout where he just unleashed such a temper! I mean, he practically punches his Brother-in-law for hurting his Sister, but in my opinion, upon reflection of his own divorce he was completely indifferent. You could definitely say though, that Frei had consumed every once of him!
It is in a sense, because of his connection with Frei, that he lands himself having to investigate the disappearance of her young male cousin, who had gone diving and not been seen/heard from since. The anguish of the young gentleman’s parents were understandably heart wrenching, and despite his reluctance to jump back into the field, he knows he will do his best to find out what happens.
I’m quite happy to know that this book is the first in a series, truthfully there were so many times where I was thinking “he’s actually going to die – after everything, he’s gonna get what he wants”- and honestly, how he survived is honestly beyond me! Especially when the penultimate twist is revealed, things seemed so murky for Thorkild, it was so suspenseful!
The pacing of this book is constantly edge of your seat action, I’d never actually read a Nordic Thriller before, it was definitely very dark and gritty and one that will be sticking in my mind for time to come! I really found myself enjoying the intricacies of Thorkild’s life, from his personal tragedies and those horrible demons he was facing constantly, to his banter and sometimes bitter moments with his sister and former workmates, I honestly believe that people were wanting to help Thorkild, and seen as he did indeed defy death (it feels like he did, I still can’t believe how many wretched close calls he had!), so it’s definitely going to be interesting to see where Thorkild’s journey takes him next!
Thank you so much again Bloomsbury Publishing Australia for sending me a copy of this book to read and review, definitely recommending to all your lovers of Nordic Fiction or anyone who indeed loves a great Thriller!